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[Dental status and treatment needs in a Vizcaya geriatric institutionalized population]
J Caballero Garcia1, G Rodriguez Baciero, M A Martinez Garcia
1Universidad del Pais Vasco, Facultad de Medicina y Odontologia.
Abstract:
We have studied the Dental State and the Need of treatment in a population of ancients in a institucionalized regime in the province of Vizcaya. From the 565 studied individual, 300 of the were edentulate and the rest still had remanent pieces in their oral cavity. The CAOD in men was 27,86 and 29,50 in women. On average 2,83 (d.e. 1,15) teeth were pasturing but only 0,14 (d.e. 0,01) obturated teeth. Concerning to the general patology, people affected by insanity had the highest CAOD (30,45)., followed by those with Rheumatism (25,51). It existed a high level dental illness without treatment in the studied sample. The needs of treatment for dental decay were not high didn't require a complex treatment.
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