title: Oral health and treatment needs in a non-institutionalized elderly population: experience of a dental school associated geriatric clinic.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to report oral and dental findings in a population of independent geriatric patients, who were treated at the Geriatric Dental Clinic, School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University. The study group consisted of 221 patients, 31.2% males and 68.8% females. The mean age was 75.3 years. Of the patients, 75% were edentulous. The most frequent complaint was pain associated with wear of dentures, and the most frequent mucosal lesion was traumatic ulcer (51%). Most dentures were of poor quality (77%). The mean denture age was 9.7 years, increasing as the patient's age increased. Denture hygiene was good in 59%, fair in 11% and poor in 30%. The mean number of visits at the Geriatric Clinic was 5.5 per patient.
authors.affiliation: Section of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moskona
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016321:Dental Care for Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003740:Dental Clinics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003824:Denture, Complete / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000453:epidemiology; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D013282:Stomatitis, Denture / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology