[Oral health problems of 35-44-year-old inhabitants of the Lodz region].
The aim of the thesis was the assessment of the teeth condition and the treatment needs of 35-44-year-old adults in the region of Lodz on the base of epidemiological research carried out in 2010. The research involved a group of 163 adults from Piotrków Trybunalski and villages of łowicki region, 82 from the city and 81 from the villages, chosen on the base on the three-ply draw. The clinical research was carried out according with the WHO criteria. The teeth condition was assessed with the indexes: the prevalence of dental caries and its incidence, the treatment index, the SIC index. The results were compared and the changes of the dental caries incidence which have appeared since 1977 were described. The results were statistically analyzed.


RESULTS
The prevalence of dental caries of examined group of adults was 100%. The incidence of dental caries was higher in the city than in the villages and among the men than the women. There were statistically less teeth with the active dental caries and the extracted ones and more filled teeth were observed in the city than in the villages. The treatment index (significantly higher in the city than in the villages) among the observed group was 0,79. There were much more partial and complete dentures in the villages than in the city. The changes in the temporomandibular joint, as well as the prosthetic needs, appeared more among the men than the women.


CONCLUSIONS
On the base of the received results the improvement of the teeth condition of adults in the Lodz voivodship was observed.
Katedra i Zakład Stomatologii Wieku Rozwojowego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi. pedodoncja@o2.pl
Aleksandra
A
Hilt
Ewa
E
Rybarczyk-Townsend
Beata
B
Lubowiedzka-Gontarek
Magdalena
M
Wochna-Sobańska
D000328:Adult; D003729:Dental Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003753:Dental Health Surveys; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data