Oral Health Status and Oral Health Care among the Dependent Elderly at Muang, Phitsanulok,Thailand.
<p>The objectives of this study were to survey the oral health status and describe the oral health care of dependent elderly in Muang, Phitsanulok. The subjects obtained by convenience sampling, were 70 dependent elderly with ADL score 0-4 in Muang, Phitsanulok. Data was collected via the ora...
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| author | Supaporn Sangouam Kietsuda Wongsriya Sawittree Ratanadheeradhorn Awatsada Channetikit |
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| description | <p>The objectives of this study were to survey the oral health status and describe the oral health care of dependent elderly in Muang, Phitsanulok. The subjects obtained by convenience sampling, were 70 dependent elderly with ADL score 0-4 in Muang, Phitsanulok. Data was collected via the oral health status examination and interview about oral health care.The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics. The results showed that most subjects (62.9%) had remain natural teeth but they had not occluding pairs of teeth (52%), most of them had dental caries (82.1%). Among the edentulous group found that majority of the study group were primary school level and low income. Among the dentate group revealed that 100 % of the study group had never flossed their teeth, 31.9 % brushed their teeth twice a day and 14.3% did not clean their mouth with any methods. The caregivers play the major role of dependent elderly oral health care.</p> <p> </p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4314b8a0169a45f8a8995869d76d5afe2022-12-22T01:06:15ZengFaculty of Dentistry, Universitas IndonesiaJournal of Dentistry Indonesia1693-96972355-48002016-12-01233646810.14693/jdi.v23i3.1018868Oral Health Status and Oral Health Care among the Dependent Elderly at Muang, Phitsanulok,Thailand.Supaporn Sangouam0Kietsuda Wongsriya1Sawittree Ratanadheeradhorn2Awatsada Channetikit3Department of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000Department of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000Department of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000Department of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000<p>The objectives of this study were to survey the oral health status and describe the oral health care of dependent elderly in Muang, Phitsanulok. The subjects obtained by convenience sampling, were 70 dependent elderly with ADL score 0-4 in Muang, Phitsanulok. Data was collected via the oral health status examination and interview about oral health care.The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics. The results showed that most subjects (62.9%) had remain natural teeth but they had not occluding pairs of teeth (52%), most of them had dental caries (82.1%). Among the edentulous group found that majority of the study group were primary school level and low income. Among the dentate group revealed that 100 % of the study group had never flossed their teeth, 31.9 % brushed their teeth twice a day and 14.3% did not clean their mouth with any methods. The caregivers play the major role of dependent elderly oral health care.</p> <p> </p>http://jdentistry.ui.ac.id/index.php/JDI/article/view/1018oral health statusoral health caredependent elderly |
| spellingShingle | Supaporn Sangouam Kietsuda Wongsriya Sawittree Ratanadheeradhorn Awatsada Channetikit Oral Health Status and Oral Health Care among the Dependent Elderly at Muang, Phitsanulok,Thailand. Journal of Dentistry Indonesia oral health status oral health care dependent elderly |
| title | Oral Health Status and Oral Health Care among the Dependent Elderly at Muang, Phitsanulok,Thailand. |
| title_full | Oral Health Status and Oral Health Care among the Dependent Elderly at Muang, Phitsanulok,Thailand. |
| title_fullStr | Oral Health Status and Oral Health Care among the Dependent Elderly at Muang, Phitsanulok,Thailand. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Oral Health Status and Oral Health Care among the Dependent Elderly at Muang, Phitsanulok,Thailand. |
| title_short | Oral Health Status and Oral Health Care among the Dependent Elderly at Muang, Phitsanulok,Thailand. |
| title_sort | oral health status and oral health care among the dependent elderly at muang phitsanulok thailand |
| topic | oral health status oral health care dependent elderly |
| url | http://jdentistry.ui.ac.id/index.php/JDI/article/view/1018 |
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