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Background: Oral health is a state of being free from mouth of pain, oral and throat cancer, oral infection and sores, periodontal (gum) disease, tooth decay, tooth loss, and other diseases and disorders that limit an individual’s capacity in biting, chewing, smiling, speaking, and psychosocial wellbeing. Aim of this study was to determine quality of dental care among elderly in Benha City. Design: A descriptive analytical research design was used. Setting: A multistage random selection of twohospitals; out-patient dental clinics in Benha University Hospital and Teaching Hospital at Benha City, Egypt. The sample: A simple random sample of 150 elderly was selected in this study. Tools: tool(1): An interviewing questionnaire: to assess elderly socio-demographic characteristics of the studied elderly and their knowledge about oral health. Tool(2): Observational check-list of dental care and dental health, Tool(3): Elderly attitude toward dental healthlikert scale to assess elderly attitude toward dental health. Results, 86.7% of the studied elderly had correct knowledge about the important teeth, whereas 98.0% of studied sample agreed that the attitude of hot food after cold food harm teeth and57.3% of studied elderly had good practice about washing the teeth. Conclusion: There were statistically significant relation between the studied elderly attitude and sociodemographic data. There were no statistically significant relation between studied elderly's practice and sociodemographic. Also, there was no statistically significant relation between studied elderly's knowledge and socio-demographic data. Recommendation, health education program for elderly regarding importance of oral health practices rather than providing only knowledge, further research about obstacles of elderly's oral health.

Quality of Dental Care among Elderly in Benha City