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It is possible to assess life quality with regard to oral health by measuring the needs related with oral health, attempts have been made to develop measuring tools as part of psychosocial approaches based on personal experience from being based on local communities other than conventional clinical measurements. The use of OHRQOL measurement as the assessment of needs has allowed us to evaluate the impact on characteristic oral health conditions. Thereupon, this study was conducted to examine dissertations using OHIP tool developed to measure the life quality of the elderly in consideration of oral health and figure out the concept and factors affecting it. the subjects and methods of research mainly investigates 20 dissertations that were published from 2000 till June 20th, 2012 in Korea. For the search of the articles, the paper utilized the National Assembly Library (www.nanet.go.kr), the National Central Library (www.nl.go.kr), and the Korea Education and Research Information Service (www.riss.4u.net). To search for the subject articles, the study collected the master’s and doctor’s theses that were published from 2002 till February, 2012 with the keyword (search word). With the criteria to use the oral health impact indexes as the study tools, the article selected 21 theses finally and compared their results to investigate and analyze related factors. The results as shown below; 1. On the advanced researches, as the concept regarding oral health improvement, oral health life quality, oral health-related measuring tools, or oral health impact index-related concept has been pointed out, and as the concept regarding oral health impact indexes, numerous concepts have been drawn, and systemic health conditions, subjective oral health conditions, tooth loss, or self-esteem has been chiefly pointed out. 2. Since 2000, the factors affecting the oral health impact indexes include perceived oral health status, objective oral health status, systemic health status, oral health practice did influence. 3. The factors affecting the oral health impact indexes include age, educational level, or financial status among demographic factors, and regarding social support factors, self-esteem or oral condition factors include the installation of prosthetic appliances or the degree of tooth loss. About the factors regarding systemic health, oral health conditions, perceived disability, oral health practice, or oral health belief did exert influence.