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Background: This research work was aimed at assessing the oral health problems of the elderly populace of Ikibiri community; Bayelsa State as well as determining possible solutions to these problems.Method: A descriptive study design was carried out on 100 respondents comprising of elderly individuals of Ikibiri community; Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State between the ages of 60 - 110 years. Interviewer - based questionnaires assessing the presence of specific oral health problems as well as delivery of oral health services were used as our instrument for data collection.Results: Bleeding gums (52); toothache (44); and oral sores (42) were found to be the major oral health problems being experienced by the population under study and these were mostly attributed to the absence of a dentist (95); absence of a dental clinic (94) as well as the absence of oral health education to the community (87).Conclusion: Oral health problems are undoubtedly present among the elderly individuals of Ikibiri community; Yenagoa LGA; Bayelsa State which was attributed to the absence of dental personnel; dental facilities and oral health education. It was however recommended that Ikibiri community be provided with dental personnel and facilities as well as the provision of oral health education to the entire populace of Ikibiri; which would indeed reduce the burden of oral health problems among the elderly in this community
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Aged , Delivery of Health Care , Dental Care for Aged , Evidence-Based Practice , Health Services for the Aged , Needs Assessment , Oral Health , Rural Population , Social ProblemsABSTRACT
Ce travail rapporte les resultats d'une enquete epidemiologique transversale et analytique sur la prevalence des dysfonctions craniomandibulaires. Notre etude a ete realisee au Centre de Consultations et Traitements Dentaires de Casablanca chez 100 patients ages de 50 ans et plus. Pour evaluer les symptomes des dysfonctions de l'appareil manducateur (DAM); nous avons utilise l'indice d'anamnese d'Helkimo ; 72de notre echantillon rapportent des symptomes de DAM; le bruit articulaire est le symptome le plus rapporte (64). 67de notre population cible decrivent des habitudes nocives : 28ont de mauvaises postures; 18serrent leurs machoires et 16grincent des dents. L'analyse statistique a revele une association entre les habitudes nocives et l'apparition des DAM. 32de ces individus ont une perte de calage posterieur; 23sont porteurs de PAT; et 10sont des edentes complets non appareilles; nous n'avons pas trouve d'association entre l'etat dentaire et l'apparition des DCM
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Aged , Craniomandibular Disorders , Dental Care for Aged , PrevalenceABSTRACT
One hundred elderly subjects comprising of residents of old peoples homes and patients attending routine outpatients clinic at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital were examined in Lagos. The mean age of subjects was 68.7 years. Using the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) it was found that 23had tooth deposits (plaque/calculus only) whilst 70had shallow or deep pockets. 87of these elderly subjects were caries-free and none had restored or filled teeth. However; more than half of the subjects had an average missing teeth number of 8.829of the subjects needed extraction with an average of 3.3 teeth. Among the subjects that needed dental extraction; none had healthy periodontal condition whereas; 79of them were caries free