title: Dental demands of older people living at home in Hertfordshire: changes over a 10-year period.
abstract: A random sample of 300 subjects aged 65 and over, living at home in Hertfordshire, was interviewed to establish whether any changes in their oral status had arisen since a previous survey 10 years earlier. Results show that considerable improvements have taken place. The level of perceived need has fallen by about one-third, there has been a large fall in the proportion who are edentulous and a marked increase in the percentage of those with 10 or more natural teeth. Those with dentures are replacing them more frequently.
authors.affiliation: East Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Health Centre.
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Kail
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003729:Dental Care / Q000639:trends*; D003778:Dentures; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends*; D006304:Health Status; D018577:Homebound Persons; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000209:etiology; D009909:Oral Health; D012923:Social Class