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Tooth survivial in institutionalized elderly Cape Coloreds from the Cape Peninsula of South Africa
Author(s) -
Wyk G. W.,
Farman A. G.,
Staz J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1977.tb01637.x
Subject(s) - medicine , maxilla , cape , dentition , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , dentistry , peninsula , tooth loss , oral health , orthodontics , archaeology , geography , biology , genus , botany
An investigation has been conducted in order to assess the oral health status and need for dental treatment among Cape Coloreds resident in homes for the aged in the Cape Peninsula of South Africa. Tooth loss was greater in females than in males ( P < 0.002) but a statistically significantly greater proportion of surviving teeth were grossly carious in men than in women ( P < 0.002). More teeth had survived in the mandible than in the maxilla ( P < 0.002) and proportionately more teeth were grossly carious in the maxilla than in the mandible ( P < 0.002). The distribution pattern of the remaining dentition according to tooth type was similar for both jaws, the canines being the most persistent teeth.