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Number of remaining teeth and rehabilitation with removable dentures in psoriatics
Author(s) -
KÖNÖNEN M.,
MURTOMAA H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of oral rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2842
pISSN - 0305-182X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1990.tb00015.x
Subject(s) - dentures , medicine , dentistry , dentition , population , orthodontics , environmental health
Summary The aim of this investigation was to study associations between the state of dentition and socio‐medical aspects in psoriatics. It was found that the number of remaining teeth in subjects under 65 years of age was higher in psoriatics with skin symptoms (P‐group) than in psoriatics with skin and joint symptoms (PA‐group) ( P <0.01), this rate being higher than that found among the general population in Finland. In younger subjects, women in the P‐group wore removable dentures more frequently than did women in the PA‐group ( P <0.05), whereas among older subjects men in the PA‐group wore removable dentures more frequently than did men in the P‐group ( P <0.001). In the log‐linear model that was applied, more advanced age, lower level of education and infrequent dental visits were associated with a low number of remaining teeth in both the P‐group and the PA‐group. A poor general state of health in the P‐group and a high number of teeth, indicating that there is an association between severity of general disease and dental health status.