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Results: 26 out of 41 clinical studies including rheumatoid arthritis (RA, seven studies), systemic sclerosis (SSc, five), Sj\u00f6gren syndrome (SS, eight), Behcet disease (BD, four), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, one) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS, one) were found. In 15 studies, a healthy control group was recruited. The short form of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP 14) was most frequently applied. The majority of studies (14\/15) reported worse OHRQoL in patients with rheumatic disease compared to healthy individuals. In particular, patients with SS (salivary flow and composition) or BD (oral ulcers) showed a relation between OHRQoL and disease-specific oral manifestations. Most studies investigating subscales of OHRQoL (5\/6) found the subscale physical disability to be predominantly affected in patients with rheumatic diseases. About half of the studies reported impaired psychosocial aspects. Conclusion: Patients with rheumatic diseases exhibit reduced OHRQoL, especially in diseases with oral manifestations like SS and BD. Physical affections due to oral diseases and psychosocial impairments caused by disease-related parameters must be recognized within patient-centered dental care.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm9041172","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,21]],"date-time":"2020-04-21T05:48:52Z","timestamp":1587448132000},"page":"1172","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":46,"title":["Oral-Health-Related Quality of Life in Adult Patients with Rheumatic Diseases\u2014A Systematic Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Gerhard","family":"Schmalz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cariology, Endodontology and Periodontology, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Susann","family":"Patschan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Nephrology, Klinikum Brandenburg, Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg, 14770 Brandenburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"Patschan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Nephrology, Klinikum Brandenburg, Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg, 14770 Brandenburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9810-2368","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dirk","family":"Ziebolz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cariology, Endodontology and Periodontology, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"797","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(13)61499-3","article-title":"Clinical aspects of autoimmune rheumatic diseases","volume":"382","author":"Goldblatt","year":"2013","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"443","DOI":"10.1038\/nrrheum.2017.95","article-title":"Managing rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases - past, present and future","volume":"13","author":"Burmester","year":"2017","journal-title":"Nat. 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