Original scientific paper

Influence of Social Factors and General Health Status on Oral Health

Annerose Borutta ; Dental School and WHO Collaborating Centre of Erfurt, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Byelorussia
Walter Kunzel ; Dental School and WHO Collaborating Centre of Erfurt, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Byelorussia
Edwin Lenz ; Dental School and WHO Collaborating Centre of Erfurt, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena 2Minsk Medical Institute, Byelorussia
Valerij Orda ; Minsk Medical Institute, Byelorussia
Matjaž Rode ; University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Stefan Wloch ; Medical Academie of Poznan, Poland
Roswitha Heinrich-Weltzein ; Dental School and WHO Collaborating Centre of Erfurt, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena 2Minsk Medical Institute, Byelorussia
Angelika Guckler ; Institute of Medical Information and Biometrics of the Charite Hospital of the Humboldt Universitiy, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

Within the framework o f a multinational study to determine the
gerostomatological treatment need a number of social criteria was
examined concerning their influence on oral health. Additionally the
oral health status o f institutionalized elderly people was compared
with that of non-institutionalised elderly people. The results showed
that urban residents generally enjoy better oral health than rural residents. Differences were shown to exist for different occupations. A
lower level of professional qualification was related most of the time to a higher treatment need. Oral health among nursing home residents was generally worse than among the people living independently. Consequently, there was a higher treatment need for the nursing home residents.

Keywords

elderly; oral health status; handicapped; sociodemographics

Hrčak ID:

98262

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/98262

Publication date:

15.9.1997.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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