title: Oral health status and treatment requirements of different residential homes in Istanbul: a comparative study.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate dental/denture status of the elderly people living in different residential homes. In 346 elderly people from different residential homes two belonging to the state (Group 1 and Group 2) and one supported by private foundations (Group 3) were examined. Sixty percent of participants were edentulous and 22.8% of participants had no complete dentures which 9 (7.4%) of them were in Groups 1 and 2. Over 50% of the participants had no or low income and 45% of participants were illiterate. All of the participants who were illiterate and had low income were in Group 1 and Group 2. Oral hygiene was good for 15.4% and only 19.4% of participants removed their dentures overnight. Denture stomatitis was observed in 61.7% of subjects. Significant correlation was found between denture hygiene and age of participant, general health status, denture stomatitis, and overnight denture wear (p=0.001). The decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) scores were 25.52±3.37. There was statistically significant differences between groups for DMFT scores (p=0.016). Dental health education is also needed focusing on the special needs of this neglected and socioeconomically deprived population to improve their quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Marmara University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics, Nişantaşı-Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Altay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uludamar
authors.forename: Buket Akalın
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Evren
authors.forename: Ufuk
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Işeri
authors.forename: Yasemin Kulak
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Özkan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004245:DMF Index; D016321:Dental Care for Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology; D003753:Dental Health Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003824:Denture, Complete / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000453:epidemiology; D009909:Oral Health; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013282:Stomatitis, Denture / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology