Condições de autopercepção da saude bucal em adultos e idosos / Oral health conditions and self-perception in adults and elderly

AUTOR(ES)
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

RESUMO

The valuation of oral health conditions in elderly patients is essential to the development of health especific politics .The literature shows us a high occurrence of oral disease in adults and elderly. The self-perception of these conditions tends to influence the search for oral care and life quality of adults and elderly population. The aims of this study was to verify oral health, access to dental treatment, social and economic level and self- perception of oral health conditions in adults and elderly patients in Piracicaba city, SP, Brazil. This study was at home service, and the sample was 77 individuals, 23 elderly (65-74 years old) and 54 adults (35-44 years old). The epidemiological examination was made according WHO (World Health Organization): a questionnaire was also applied holding questions about social and economic characteristics access to dental treatment and self- perception of the oral health. The DMFT was founded 52.2% of edentulous elderly and 2.0% of adults in this condition, only. The average of present teeth was 6.9% and 20.7% for elderly and adults, respectively. The elderly presented DMFT 27.0 and adults 19.0 .The greatest component of index DMFT was lost teeth in the elderly group (92.3%) and adults (52%). In relation to requirement using total prosthesis, only 5.6% of adults needed upper total prosthesis and none needed lower; the elderly, 17.4 % needed upper total prosthesis and 21.7 % needed lower. The remaining results didn?t present difference between the groups (social and economics features, access to dental treatment and self-perception). In relation to school level, adults had better conditions. The self-perception was similar between the groups, with positive data, in spite of clinical conditions were different. In front of these results, there is a necessity of preventing and educational programs to elderly and adults, with purpose these adults arrive to the old age with a better oral health condition than oral health at present

ASSUNTO(S)

indice cpo health services accessibility questionnaires questionarios acesso aos serviços de saude dmf index

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