title: Oral health status in an institutionalised elderly Jewish population.
abstract: The oral health status and treatment needs of 95 institutionalised elderly Jewish persons were determined. The mean DMFT was 23.4, with the M component increasing with age. Untreated carious lesions were identified in men and women of all ages. A relatively small percentage (10.5%) of subjects were affected by root caries. In 75% of cases of identified periodontal disease, the condition presented as bleeding or calculus. All subjects were in need of oral hygiene instruction and 64 (67.3%) required scaling and root planing. Complex treatment formed only a small percentage of the overall treatment needs. A low prevalence of temporomandibular joint problems, denture stomatitis and angular cheilitis was noted. A relatively high prevalence of untreated oral disease of low severity was observed, indicating the need for a comprehensive form of preventive and basic oral care.
authors.affiliation: Division of Community Dentistry, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Milstein
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rudolph
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002613:Cheilitis / Q000145:classification; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004245:DMF Index; D003728:Dental Calculus / Q000145:classification; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000145:classification*; D012534:Dental Scaling; D005260:Female; D005884:Gingival Hemorrhage / Q000145:classification; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D007585:Jews; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000145:classification*; D010512:Periodontal Index; D017213:Root Caries / Q000145:classification; D016745:Root Planing; D013019:South Africa; D013282:Stomatitis, Denture / Q000145:classification; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000145:classification; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000145:classification