Open AccessSelf-reported and clinically diagnosed dental needs among institutionalized adults in Vijayawada: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Mita Naidu,
B Vishnuvardhan Reddy,
Chaitanya Ram Kandregula,
Narayana Reddy Satti,
Swapna Allareddy,
P Ravisekhar Babu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.127213
Subject(s) - toothache , medicine , cross sectional study , normative , oral health , dentition , dentistry , family medicine , pathology , philosophy , epistemology
Frail and functionally dependent elderly people, living in institutions, have difficulties in accessing dental care. Hence, the present study aims to determine the relationship between subjective need and the equivalent clinical findings in an attempt to understand the factors that contribute to individual's perception of the need for dental care among institutionalized adults in Vijayawada.