Predictors of root caries in the elderly
作者:
Mark Kitamura,
H. Asuman Kiyak,
Kathleen Mulligan,
期刊:
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
(WILEY Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 14,
issue 1
页码: 34-38
ISSN:0301-5661
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1986.tb01491.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: dental caries;geriatric dentistry;institutionalized elderly;oral health care;oral hygiene;root caries;xerostomia
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractIn an attempt to determine the association between overall health status, medication history, and oral hygiene status and root caries, 24 older persons residing independently in the community and 23 residents of a nursing home were interviewed and received oral examinations, using the Oral Hygiene Index and the Root Caries Index. The mean age of this population was 80 yr, with the nursing home subjects somewhat older than community‐dwelling subjects. Only six persons had no root surface caries; three subjects had caries on all tooth surfaces with gingival recession. Mandibular teeth, particularly molars and premolars, showed the greatest attack rate. The best predictors of root caries were number of teeth remaining, calculus, plaque, and the use of medications with xerostomic effects. Medications were most predictive of maxillary root caries. The results point to the need to provide interceptive dental therapeutics for high risk geriatric populations such as those using multiple medications and with a poor history of oral car
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