These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [The ability of elderly institutionalized pensioners in Reykjavik in maintaining and carrying out oral hygiene procedures in 1984].
    Author: Axelsson G, Ragnarsson E, Steingrímsson S.
    Journal: Tannlaeknabladid; 1991; 9(1):13-6. PubMed ID: 1817591.
    Abstract:
    In 1984 a random sample of 400 institutionalized old-age pensioners, 67 years and older, was interviewed on oral hygiene habits. Complete denture cleanliness was also studied by using a plaque detector to disclose plaque on the fitting surface of the maxillary denture. Based on the distribution of plaque a grading system using three categories (excellent, fair, poor) was applied to indicate complete denture cleanliness. About 94% of dentulous and 88.7% of edentulous respondents claimed that they were able to take care of their oral hygiene themselves. The proportion of dentulous subjects that cleaned their teeth at least once a day was 66.7%. A great majority (92.4%) of edentulous pensioners reported that they cleaned their complete dentures once a day or more often and women cleaned their dentures more frequently than men. Nevertheless cleanliness was graded excellent in only 14.4% of the complete dentures. This seems to indicate a need for increased education on the importance of a good oral hygiene and that institutionalized pensioners should receive more help with their daily oral hygiene.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]