Prosthetic status and treatment needs of institutionalised elders of age 60 years and above in Chennai

S Prabhu; Joseph John; S Saravanan; I Meignana Arumugham

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Year : 2011 | Volume : 9 | Issue : 18 | Page : 426-430

Prosthetic status and treatment needs of institutionalised elders of age 60 years and above in Chennai

S Prabhu¹, Joseph John², S Saravanan³, I Meignana Arumugham⁴
¹ P.G. Student, Dept. of Public Health dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha University, Chennai, India
² Professor and Head, Dept. of Public Health dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha University, Chennai, India
³ Professor, Dept. of Public Health dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha University, Chennai, India
⁴ Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Public Health dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha University, Chennai, India

Correspondence Address:
S Prabhu
P.G. Student, Dept. of Public Health dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha University, Chennai
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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Objective: To assess the prosthetic status and treatment needs of institutionalised elders in Chennai. Materials and methods: A cross - sectional study was conducted among 289 residents of old age homes in Chennai. Demographic information was collected followed by clinical examination of Prosthetic status and treatment needs using a section of WHO oral health assessment form (1997). Results: 88.2% of the subjects had no prosthesis in the maxillary arch, 90.3% subjects had no prosthesis in the mandibular arch, there was a significant difference between the prosthetic status and gender in maxillary arch (p = 0.04) while there is no significant difference between prosthetic status and gender in mandibular arch (p = 0.2). The need for full prosthesis was highest and it increased with age, followed by multi -unit prosthesis (23.9%) in maxillary arch and need for a combination of one and / or multi - unit prosthesis in mandibular arch (28.7%), there was very highly significant difference between prosthetic needs and gender in both maxillary and mandibular arch (p = 0.001). Conclusion: The findings of the study demonstrated a high unmet prosthetic treatment needs among the institutionalized elderly population surveyed.

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