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The aim of this study was to describe the OHRQoL and anxiety levels of early adolescents, according to age and sex, at their first dental examination. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on early adolescents (11\u201314 years old) attending their first dental examination in 2023\u20132024. OHRQoL was assessed using the Spanish version of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire 11\u201314 (CPQ-Esp11-14) and anxiety using the State\u2013Trait Anxiety Inventory in Children (STAIC). Results: A total of 130 early adolescents were assessed, with an average age of 12.6 years (\u00b11.06) and an equal sex distribution (65 boys and 65 girls). Among the analyzed sample, the OHRQoL dimension with the highest score was social well-being (15.01 \u00b1 10.7), whereas the oral symptoms dimension (8.6 \u00b1 4.25) had the lowest impact. There were no statistically significant differences between female and male early adolescents in the anxiety state or anxiety-trait dimensions or in the dimension of OHRQoL, except for oral symptoms, which were higher in boys (9.48 \u00b1 4.51 versus 7.72 \u00b1 3.81). Similarly, no significant differences were found based on age regarding anxiety or OHRQoL. Conclusions: Considering the limitations of this study, it can be concluded that higher levels of anxiety negatively impacted the OHRQoL of the early adolescent population studied.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children12040428","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,28]],"date-time":"2025-03-28T13:36:49Z","timestamp":1743169009000},"page":"428","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["An Assessment of Oral-Health-Related Quality of Life and Anxiety in Early Adolescents (11\u201314 Years) at Their First Dental Visit: A Cross-Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Trinidad","family":"Rinc\u00f3n","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Alfonso X El Sabio Avenue s\/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7663-5841","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cristina","family":"G\u00f3mez-Polo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Alfonso X El Sabio Avenue s\/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3936-6539","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Javier","family":"Montero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Alfonso X El Sabio Avenue s\/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6133-1864","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"Curto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, 12 de Octubre University Hospital, C\u00f3rdoba Avenue s\/n, 28041 Madrid, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4403-4216","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adri\u00e1n","family":"Curto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Alfonso X El Sabio Avenue s\/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"192","DOI":"10.1186\/s12955-021-01828-3","article-title":"Role of family functioning and health-related quality of life in pre-school children with dental caries: A cross-sectional study","volume":"19","author":"Bilal","year":"2021","journal-title":"Health Qual. 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