Open AccessCondições de higiene bucal de idosos residentes em instituições geriátricas de pequeno porte em Porto Alegre
Author(s) -
Ana Lúcia Schaefer Ferreira de Mello,
Dalva Maria Pereira Padilha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista da faculdade de odontologia de porto alegre
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2177-0018
pISSN - 0566-1854
DOI - 10.22456/2177-0018.111016
Subject(s) - dentures , institutionalisation , oral hygiene , medicine , elderly people , statistical significance , neglect , dentistry , gerontology , oral health , population , hygiene , geriatric care , environmental health , nursing , psychiatry , pathology
Following the population-aging phenomenon, the number and the demands for nursing homes is increasing. Generally, oral health condition of institutionalized elderly people is poor and the maintenance of good patterns of oral hygiene is a problem. The aim of this study is to describe the oral hygiene conditions of elderly people who live in small ( 0,05). The level of dependence was the variable that presented statistical signficant (p=0,024). Independent elders showed lower means of dental plaque when compared to the moderate dependent or dependent elders. It is concluded that oral hygiene condition of this institutionalized elderly people is poor and need multidisciplinary and interinstitutional actions to revert this frame of continued neglect.