Oral health of elderly people attending Santo Antonio2s monastery
Abstract
In the last years, the elderly population has been
growing substantially in Rio de Janeiro’s city. The objective
of this work was to evaluate the oral health of elderly
people in Rio de Janeiro downtown. A clinical examination
was performed in 263 individuals, frequent visitors
of Santo Antonio’s monastery, using the WHO (World
Health Organization) evaluation form (1997); as well as
the communal periodontal index and the CPOD index of
all elderly people, such as edentulism. The questionnaire
regarding household income and brushing habits
was applied to this group. Among the participants,
45.62% presented periodontal disease. Edentulism was
high. Among the remaining teeth, 13.9% presented caries.
The clinical condition of the examined elderly people
was considered poor.
growing substantially in Rio de Janeiro’s city. The objective
of this work was to evaluate the oral health of elderly
people in Rio de Janeiro downtown. A clinical examination
was performed in 263 individuals, frequent visitors
of Santo Antonio’s monastery, using the WHO (World
Health Organization) evaluation form (1997); as well as
the communal periodontal index and the CPOD index of
all elderly people, such as edentulism. The questionnaire
regarding household income and brushing habits
was applied to this group. Among the participants,
45.62% presented periodontal disease. Edentulism was
high. Among the remaining teeth, 13.9% presented caries.
The clinical condition of the examined elderly people
was considered poor.
Keywords
idosos; saúde oral; estudo epidemiológico
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