ORAL REHABILITATION NEEDS AND ACCESS OF INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY PEOPLE TO ORAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE CITY OF FEIRA DE SANTANA-BA

Authors

  • Nelia Medeiros Sampaio Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
  • Mario Cezar Oliveira Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8866-7966
  • Adriana Lira Ortega Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul-UNICSUL/SP
  • Murilo Sampaio Universidade Federal de Sergipe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17267/2596-3368dentistry.v7i4.1077

Keywords:

Aged, Epidemiology, Oral Health

Abstract

Describe the sociodemographic conditions, needs for oral rehabilitation and access to dental care of institutionalized elderly in the city of Feira de Santana, Bahia. A cross-sectional study of 307 elderly people, 80 residents in long-stay institutions for the elderly (LSI) and 227 non-institutionalized. For the oral rehabilitation needs, the institutionalized had higher frequencies of individuals who did not use dental prothesis (68.35%), when used 52.0% of them were considered inadequade. Edentulism was noticed up as a public health problem of the elderly and the group formed by institutionalized elderly population showed higher oral rehabilitation needs, as well as less access to dental services when compared with the group not institutionalized in Feira de Santana-Ba.

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Author Biographies

  • Nelia Medeiros Sampaio, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
    Professora Assistente do Departamento de Saúde, Curso de Odontologia, Área de Prótese Dentária da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana.
  • Mario Cezar Oliveira, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
    Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Saúde, Curso de Odontologia, Área de Prótese Dentária da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana.
  • Adriana Lira Ortega, Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul-UNICSUL/SP
    Professora Adjunta do curso de Graduação e Pós-graduação do Instituto de Odontologia da Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul - UNICSUL/SP
  • Murilo Sampaio, Universidade Federal de Sergipe
    Professor Adjunto do Departamento de matemática da Universidade Federal de Sergipe

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Published

2016-12-20

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 4 (2016)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

ORAL REHABILITATION NEEDS AND ACCESS OF INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY PEOPLE TO ORAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE CITY OF FEIRA DE SANTANA-BA. (2016). Journal of Dentistry & Public Health (inactive Archive Only), 7(4). https://doi.org/10.17267/2596-3368dentistry.v7i4.1077

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