The epidemiological investigation of the caries and periodontal disease in elderly people of Chongqing
- VernacularTitle:重庆市老年人龋病及牙周病状况抽样调查报告
- Author:
Yi ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Chongqing;
Elderly people;
Caries;
Periodontal diseases
- From:
Journal of Chongqing Medical University
2007;0(07):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the oral health status of elderly people in Chongqing,and research incidence of caries and periodontal diseases in elderly people,in order to supply enough information for constituting programme of oral health care for elderly people. Methods:Based on oral health survey methods set down by World Health Organization and second national oral health survey standards,proportional stratified randomized sampling was employed in 2005. The total 762 samples from three cities and three countries were examined. Results:The coronal caries rate was 75.95%;the mean number of coronal caries was 14.32;the root caries rate was 58.40%,and the mean number of root caries was 4.24. Gingival bleeding rate was 98.82%;periodontal pocket rate,96.06%,and periodontal attachment loss rate,41.77%. Conclusion:Caries prevalence rate is high and periodontal health status is poor. These results suggest that oral care service should be established to improve the oral health status of elderly people in Chongqing and prevent epidemic of oral diseases.
