The masticatory performance, dental state, and dietary intake of a group of elderly army pensioners

Neill, D. J.; Phillips, Helen

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“…Indeed, psychological and medical factors may be as important, if not more important, in determining whether or not a person is able to chew his food with ease. The thoroughly utilitarian claim has been made that teeth assist mastication, btit a number of studies have made it quite clear thai an adequate dentition is not essential for a food intake to preserve nutritional balance (4,9,19). The i-esults of the present study, however, do confirm the findings of HEATH (14) that unsatisfactory denlures do detract from the pleasure of eating.…”

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confidence: 72%

How dental conditions handicap the elderly

Smith¹,

Sheiham²

1979

Comm Dent Oral Epid

127

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A sociodental investigation was carried out among 254 elderly people living at home in Nottinghamshire. The aim of the inquiry was to ascertain whether this group of people were handicapped by their dental conditions. The dental status of the sample was generally poor. 74% were edentulous and the condition of the full dentures worn by many of the subjects was unsatisfactory. A high proportion (59%) of the subjects had lesions of the oral mucosa. Many members of the sample were orally handicapped, either functionally or socially. 32% complained of oral pain and 30% claimed to have difficulty chewing. Also, subjects were embarrassed by the appearance of their teeth and by their dentures dropping during social contact. The perception of handicap, however, was not strongly related to dental status.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 72%

How dental conditions handicap the elderly

Smith¹,

Sheiham²

1979

Comm Dent Oral Epid

127

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“…The schedule for denture examination laid down criteria for investigation of appearance, material of construction, retention, stability, centric jaw relationship, articulation, freeway space, cleanliness, state of repair and need for denture replacement. It was based on earlier surveys by Neill & Phillips (1970), Grabowski & Bertram (1975) and Ritchie (1973), who used Kapur (1967) and Bergman, Carlsson & Hedegard (1964) as sources for their criteria.…”

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Oral pathology and prostheses—are they related? Investigations in an elderly population

Hoad-Reddick

1989

J of Oral Rehabilitation

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A survey of 233 elderly subjects living in the district served by the Halton Health Authority (Cheshire, England) investigated the relationship between the age of dentures, their need for replacement and the presence of any oral pathological lesions. The retention, stability, occlusion and cleanliness of the dentures were all found to be worse in the older appliances; perceived need for denture replacement was found to increase from 40% in 5-year-old dentures to 84% in dentures over 31 years old. While 41% of the sample had an oral pathological lesion, no significant relationship was found between denture age and pathology or place of residence. People resident in the community with no assistance had the highest incidence of oral pathology and those living in long-stay hospitals the least. The absence of a relationship between denture age and oral pathology is considered to be a powerful indicator of the need for regular oral examination of the edentulous population.

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“…Evidence has shown that edentulous persons with and without dentures and dentate individuals with missing teeth change their eating habits (13,14,101,143,146). They may thereby avoid certain nutritious foods because of difficulty in chewing and select high-calorie, high-fat food.…”

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confidence: 99%