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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author Khanagar, Sanjeev
Naganandini, S.
Rajanna, Vasuda
Naik, Sachin
Rao, Rekha
Madhuniranjanswamy, M S
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Naganandini, S.
Rajanna, Vasuda
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description 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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spelling pubmed-44877362015-07-15 Oral Hygiene Status of Institutionalised Dependent Elderly in India – a Cross-Sectional Survey Khanagar, Sanjeev Naganandini, S. Rajanna, Vasuda Naik, Sachin Rao, Rekha Madhuniranjanswamy, M S Can Geriatr J Original Research 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. Canadian Geriatrics Society 2015-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4487736/ /pubmed/26180560 http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.18.147 Text en © 2015 Author(s). Published by the Canadian Geriatrics Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivative license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use and distribution, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Khanagar, Sanjeev
Naganandini, S.
Rajanna, Vasuda
Naik, Sachin
Rao, Rekha
Madhuniranjanswamy, M S
Oral Hygiene Status of Institutionalised Dependent Elderly in India – a Cross-Sectional Survey
title Oral Hygiene Status of Institutionalised Dependent Elderly in India – a Cross-Sectional Survey
title_full Oral Hygiene Status of Institutionalised Dependent Elderly in India – a Cross-Sectional Survey
title_fullStr Oral Hygiene Status of Institutionalised Dependent Elderly in India – a Cross-Sectional Survey
title_full_unstemmed Oral Hygiene Status of Institutionalised Dependent Elderly in India – a Cross-Sectional Survey
title_short Oral Hygiene Status of Institutionalised Dependent Elderly in India – a Cross-Sectional Survey
title_sort oral hygiene status of institutionalised dependent elderly in india – a cross-sectional survey
topic Original Research
url 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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