Ruut Veenhoven, Erasmus University Rotterdam
In:
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Tandheelkunde (NTVT),
2011, Vol. 118, p 130-132 ISSN 0028-2200,
DOI: 10.5177/nvt.2011.03.10190
The phrase 'quality of life' is actually misleading. The designation suggests that the
issue has to do with I quality, whereas in fact more qualities of life are indicated.
Four of these qualities are:1 . the 'livability' of the surroundings. 2. the 'life-abilities'
of the individual, 3. the 'utility of life' and 4. the subjective 'satisfaction' with a
person's own life. The various qualities cannot meaningfully be collected together in
an index. The most comprehensive measure of quality of life is how long and happily
a person lives. The relationship between that and oral health has still hardly been
studied.