2006
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-790x2006000400008
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Condições de saúde bucal de idosos de comunidade urbana de Londrina, Paraná

Abstract: OBJETIVO: Verificar a condição dentária e periodontal, o uso e necessidade de prótese, e a presença de lesões associadas ao uso de prótese em idosos residentes em uma área urbana do município de Londrina, Paraná. MÉTODO: Estudo transversal, com coleta dos dados por meio de visitas domiciliares que incluíram entrevista e exame odontológico em idosos de 60 a 74 anos e funcionalmente independentes. RESULTADOS: A média de idade dos 267 idosos examinados foi de 66,5 anos, 59,2% nunca estudaram ou tinham escolaridad… Show more

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“…The association between malnutrition and oral health problems, which are highly prevalent in the elderly 11 , has been much studied in recent years because of the impact that these problems can generate on the health system 12 . It has also been observed that the selection and processing of foods by older adults are limited by oral alterations such as tooth loss 4,5 , lack of or inadequate prosthetic rehabilitation 2,7 , and the presence of pain or discomfort related to caries or tooth fractures 8,13 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The association between malnutrition and oral health problems, which are highly prevalent in the elderly 11 , has been much studied in recent years because of the impact that these problems can generate on the health system 12 . It has also been observed that the selection and processing of foods by older adults are limited by oral alterations such as tooth loss 4,5 , lack of or inadequate prosthetic rehabilitation 2,7 , and the presence of pain or discomfort related to caries or tooth fractures 8,13 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As a consequence of this is the high edentulism rate, proved by the findings of the SB Brasil Project 9 , which found that 39.96% of the examined elderly from 65 to 74 years old needed total superior and/or inferior prosthesis and 82.75% already used theses types of dental prostheses. This serious fact is corroborated by a research 10 , in which almost half of the elderly who used prosthesis showed oral lesions. So, investigations on the structural and functional conditions of the prosthesis in use, general health status and the oral hygiene conditions must be conducted in order to propose adequate curative and preventive measures.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 63%
“…No que se refere à perda dentária dos entrevistados, evidenciou-se, através da elevada porcentagem encontrada do uso e necessidade de prótese, com predominância de prótese total, a alta prevalência de edentulismo, condizente com a realidade encontrada em outros estudos [4][5][6]9,13,[18][19][20][21][22][23] . Reflexo da cultura histórica curativista dos serviços de saúde bucal brasileiros representados por ciclos restauradores repetitivos e mutilações dentárias 6,23 , com pouca ou nenhuma ação preventiva e com exclusão dos adultos e idosos dos programas públicos de atenção 6 .…”
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