Alexandre Favero Bulgarelli

The present survey was carried out to study complaints, care, value and satisfaction toward oral health in an aged population filled in the Family Heath Centre III at Ribeirão Preto. The elder were selected to participate in the study according to their cognitive status (Mini Mental Examination Test), normal life activities and their own acceptance to participate. The elder answered at their home, in a previous scheduled procedure, a questionnaire about oral health which was developed specific to the study purpose. The specific domiciliary questionnaire had questions about social demographical profile, oral health care, prosthetic condition, subjective self-reported oral health status and oral health complaints. It was identificated the population profile toward the most prevalent oral health complaints, teeth and prosthetic hygiene and care, satisfaction and self-reported oral health value. The data received statistical treatment to observe the association between variables according to the Fischer Exact and Chi square Tests, and the association was accepted when the p value was equal or lower than 0.05. The population, filled at the Family Health Centre III in the period of the study development, was 503 aged people with more than 60 years old, and 261 were interviewed, where 90 (34.5%) were male and 171 (65.5%) were female. In general the aged reported low education level (60.2%) and they were represented most frequently by the age between 60 to 69 years old (46.7%). The higher of the aged reported living with family and the men were responsible for the financial support of the family. Significant sample of the aged reported being edentate (48.7%) and this fact was correlated to the aged, educational level and living with the family. The edentate people reported that their oral health were important (45.2%) and good (77.7%), and the satisfied people (53.6%) were edentate and these variable were correlated. According to own oral health care, the younger subject reported a higher number of diary tooth brushing. It was reported a higher number of oral wounds, temporomandibular joint, fetid breath, dry mouth and masticator complaints. Among these complaints the fetid breath (p=0,015) and the masticator difficulty (p=0,000) were statistically correlated to inferior denture mobility (p=0,001). It was concluded that oral health care decrease as time goes by, the aged reported being satisfied with their oral health condition, and their oral health was self-classified as an important issue. The subject reported that being edentate do not mean that it is a negative profile. The tooth missing was not reported as complaint but it was statistically correlated with dissatisfaction toward own oral health. Finally it was concluded that masticator difficulty was statistically correlated to inferior dentures mobility being this complain higher reported in the older aged subject sample.

"Elder oral health: related complaints. Ribeirão Preto" / "Saúde bucal em idosos: queixas relatadas, Ribeirão Preto (SP)"

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