title: Assessment of Dental Caries and Periodontal Disease Status among Elderly Residing in Old Age Homes of Madhya Pradesh.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the dental caries and periodontal disease status of elderly residing in old age homes of Madhya Pradesh, India.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was carried out on 599 elderly people residing in old age homes of Madhya Pradesh, India using cluster sampling methodology. The clinical findings were recorded using modified WHO Oral Health Assessment form (1997) to assess periodontal status as per community periodontal index, loss of attachment, WHO dentition status, and treatment needs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the present study, the caries prevalence among dentate subjects was found among 41.9% of the dentate subjects and the mean decayed, missed, and filled teeth was found to be 8.28 ± 4.779 with the mean number of decayed being 1.51. In the dentate population, 0% had healthy periodontal tissue, 0.26% had bleeding, and 24.5% had calculus, 52.1% had shallow pockets and 23.1% had deep pockets as their highest score and this difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). In the current study, 37.9% inmates were completely edentulous. This study also showed that as age advanced the prevalence increased from 23.1% to 55.4%. The difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The oral health status of elderly people was found to be poor. Hence, it is concluded from this study that tooth loss is higher among the geriatric group residing in old age homes and is associated with many demographic and behavioral risk indicators.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Rungta College of Dental Sciences and Research, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Rungta College of Dental Sciences and Research, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.
authors.forename: Nalam Radhika
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Gautam
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pedodontics, Sri Venkateswara Dental College & Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: P Mahesh
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics, Sri Venkateswara Dental College & Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kadhiresan
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry, People's Dental Academy, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Vrinda
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.affiliation: Post-graduate Student, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Rungta College of Dental Sciences and Research, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.
authors.forename: Suyog
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jain
keywords: Dental caries; elderly; old age homes; periodontal disease