Oral Hygiene Status of Institutionalised Dependent Elderly in India – a Cross-Sectional Survey

BACKGROUND/INTRODUCTION: For various reasons, the care demand from elderly people is low and difficult to determine, whereas their oral hygiene status would need urgent care. OBJECTIVE: To assess the oral hygiene status of institutionalized dependent elderly in Bangalore City, India. METHODS: A cros...

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Autores principales: Khanagar, Sanjeev, Naganandini, S., Rajanna, Vasuda, Naik, Sachin, Rao, Rekha, Madhuniranjanswamy, M S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Canadian Geriatrics Society 2015
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4487736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26180560
http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.18.147
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Sumario:BACKGROUND/INTRODUCTION: For various reasons, the care demand from elderly people is low and difficult to determine, whereas their oral hygiene status would need urgent care. OBJECTIVE: To assess the oral hygiene status of institutionalized dependent elderly in Bangalore City, India. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 322 dependent elderly patients was conducted at seven elderly homes of Bangalore City, India. The oral hygiene status recorded includes dental and prosthetic hygiene. RESULTS: The mean Debris Index and Plaque Index scores of dentate elderly were 2.87±0.22 and 3.17±0.40, respectively, the mean Denture Plaque and Denture Stomatitis scores were 3.15±0.47 and 1.43±0.68, respectively. CONCLUSION: The dental hygiene was inadequate. This study emphasizes the care demand and the need for help in oral hygiene procedures for the dependent institutionalized elderly.

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