Edentulism and shortened dental arch in Brazilian elderly from the National Survey of Oral Health 2003
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9262807 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marco Túlio Freitas Ribeiro (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Marco Aurélio Camargo Da Rosa (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Rosa Maria Natal de Lima (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Andréa Maria Duarte Vargas (0000-0002-4371-9862, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), João Paulo Amaral Haddad (0000-0003-2823-6288, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Efigênia Ferreira E Ferreira (0000-0002-0665-211X, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 817-823 |
| Publication date | 2011-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista de Saúde Pública (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-8910 • E-ISSN: 0034-8910 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0034-89102011005000057 |
| OpenAlex | W1558554387 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0034-89102011000500001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
OBJECTIVE: To describe the distribution of edentulism and estimate the prevalence of functional dentition and shortened dental arch among elderly population. METHODS: A population-based epidemiological study was carried out with a sample of 5,349 respondents aged 65 to 74 years obtained from the 2002 and 2003 Brazilian Ministry of Health/Division of Oral Health survey database. The following variables were studied: gender; macroregion of residence; missing teeth; percentage that met the World Health Organization goal for oral health in the age group 65 to 74 years (50% having at least 20 natural teeth); presence of shortened dental arch; number of posterior occluding pairs of teeth. The Chi-square test assessed the association between categorical variables. The Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were used to assess differences of mean between number of posterior occluding pairs teeth, macro-region and gender. RESULTS: The elderly population had an average of 5.49 teeth (SD: 7.93) with a median of 0. The proportion of completely edentulous respondents was 54.7%. Complete edentulism was 18.2% in the upper arch and 1.9% in the lower arch. The World Health Organization goal was achieved in 10% of all respondents studied. However, only 2.7% had acceptable masticatory function and aesthetics (having at least shortened dental arch) and a mean number of posterior occluding pairs of 6.94 (SD=2.97). There were significant differences of the percentage of respondents that met the World Health Organization goal and presence of shortened dental arch between men and women. There were differences in shortened dental arch between macroregions. CONCLUSIONS: The Brazilian epidemiological oral health survey showed high rate of edentulism and low rate of shortened dental arch in the elderly population studied, thus suggesting significant functional and aesthetic impairment in all Brazilian macroregions especially among women
Arch · Dental arch · Dentition · Edentulism · Environmental health · Geography · Oral health · Population · Posterior teeth · Cleft Lip and Palate Research · Demography · Dental Health and Care Utilization · Dentistry · Medicine · Oral and Craniofacial Lesions · Epidemiology · Orthodontics
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |