Open AccessAssociation of Root Caries with Oral Habits in Older Individuals Attending a Rural Health Centre of a Dental Hospital in India
Author(s) -
Jayanna Vinayaka Bharateesh,
Ganganna Kokila
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/8771.5165
Subject(s) - root caries , medicine , dentistry , oral health , logistic regression , gingival recession , population , environmental health , demography , sociology
Many risk factors can compromise an older adult's systemic health. Among the oral ailments in the elderly, root caries is a significant one which causes tooth loss in them. Hence, there is a need to have a baseline data for understanding problem of root caries in elderly population and factors which affect its prevalence.