PMID- 35729598
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220623
LR  - 20220716
IS  - 1472-6831 (Electronic)
IS  - 1472-6831 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 1
DP  - 2022 Jun 21
TI  - Oral health profile status and treatment needs in the Salvadoran elderly 
      population: a cross-sectional study.
PG  - 247
LID - 10.1186/s12903-022-02278-z [doi]
LID - 247
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Older adults are a highly vulnerable group in their general health 
      condition, including oral health that can be influenced by different factors, 
      among them, changes in oral tissues inherent to the physiological processes of 
      aging and by systemic condition. In El Salvador, it is a group that has received 
      little attention at the public health level. OBJECTIVE: To determine the profile 
      of the oral health status and treatment needs of the elderly population in El 
      Salvador. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Secondary cross-sectional analysis of data from 
      the last oral health survey in 471 Salvadorans aged 60 years and older. The 
      variables under study were: sociodemographics, brushing frequency, oral hygiene 
      according to simplified oral hygiene index (OHI-S), caries experience according 
      to decayed, missing, and filled teeth index (DMFT) modified with international 
      caries detection and assessment system (ICDAS) criteria, periodontal status 
      through the community periodontal index of treatment needs (CPITN), edentulism 
      and treatment needs. Statistical analysis was conducted using chi-square test, 
      ANOVA, z-test and linear regression (p < 0.05). RESULTS: The older adults 
      presented poor oral hygiene, low brushing frequency, high tooth loss with an 
      average of 16 missing teeth while one third presented total edentulism. Most of 
      the older adults were categorized as having "poor or very Poor" oral hygiene. 
      Almost all respondents presented some degree of periodontal disease and required 
      restorative intervention. CONCLUSION: The oral health status of elderly 
      Salvadoran is poor. Furthermore, the development of public policies and specific 
      oral health strategies aimed at this population is urgent.
CI  - (c) 2022. The Author(s).
FAU - Aguirre Escobar, Guillermo Alfonso
AU  - Aguirre Escobar GA
AD  - Epidemiology and Public Health Program, University Rey Juan Carlos, 28933, 
      Madrid, Spain. guillermo.aguirre@ues.edu.sv.
AD  - Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, University of El Salvador, 01101, San 
      Salvador, El Salvador. guillermo.aguirre@ues.edu.sv.
FAU - de Quezada, Ruth Fernandez
AU  - de Quezada RF
AD  - Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, University of El Salvador, 01101, San 
      Salvador, El Salvador.
FAU - Escobar de Gonzalez, Wendy Yesenia
AU  - Escobar de Gonzalez WY
AD  - Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, University of El Salvador, 01101, San 
      Salvador, El Salvador.
FAU - Aguirre de Rodriguez, Katleen Argentina
AU  - Aguirre de Rodriguez KA
AD  - Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, University of El Salvador, 01101, San 
      Salvador, El Salvador.
FAU - de Miguel, Angel Gil
AU  - de Miguel AG
AD  - Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University Rey Juan Carlos, 
      28933, Madrid, Spain.
FAU - Rivas Cartagena, Francisco Jose
AU  - Rivas Cartagena FJ
AD  - Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, University of El Salvador, 01101, San 
      Salvador, El Salvador.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220621
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Oral Health
JT  - BMC oral health
JID - 101088684
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - DMF Index
MH  - *Dental Caries/complications/epidemiology
MH  - Health Status
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Oral Health
MH  - Oral Hygiene
MH  - Oral Hygiene Index
MH  - *Tooth Loss/complications/epidemiology
PMC - PMC9211789
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Elderly population
OT  - Epidemiological profile
OT  - Treatment need
COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
EDAT- 2022/06/22 06:00
MHDA- 2022/06/24 06:00
PMCR- 2022/06/21
CRDT- 2022/06/21 23:42
PHST- 2022/03/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/06/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/06/21 23:42 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/06/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/06/24 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/06/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s12903-022-02278-z [pii]
AID - 2278 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s12903-022-02278-z [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Oral Health. 2022 Jun 21;22(1):247. doi: 10.1186/s12903-022-02278-z.