in comparison with other patients such individuals had higher CAL and DMFT. Since the scores obtained from GOHAI and OHIP-14 were not normally distributed, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used. Evaluation of discriminant validity was carried out by comparing the GOHAI and OHIP-14 scores between groups in which oral and dental health status had been clinically evaluated and it was hypothesized that patients with a higher level of oral diseases, and lower level of oral, dental and systemic health had lower ADD and SC scores