Abstract
Describe the sociodemographic conditions, needs for oral rehabilitation and access to dental care of institutionalized elderly in the city of Feira de Santana, Bahia. A cross-sectional study of 307 elderly people, 80 residents in long-stay institutions for the elderly (LSI) and 227 non-institutionalized. For the oral rehabilitation needs, the institutionalized had higher frequencies of individuals who did not use dental prothesis (68.35%), when used 52.0% of them were considered inadequade. Edentulism was noticed up as a public health problem of the elderly and the group formed by institutionalized elderly population showed higher oral rehabilitation needs, as well as less access to dental services when compared with the group not institutionalized in Feira de Santana-Ba.
Highlights
Describe the sociodemographic conditions, needs for oral rehabilitation and access to dental care of institutionalized elderly in the city of Feira de Santana, Bahia
A irreversibilidade do envelhecimento populacional brasileiro deve ser encarada não só como uma conquista, mas como responsabilidade de toda a nossa sociedade[2]
Os institucionalizados apresentaram maior necessidade de reabilitação bucal, bem como menor acesso a serviços odontológicos quando comparados ao grupo dos não institucionalizados, evidenciando a necessidade da criação e implantação de políticas e ações de reabilitação bucal para idosos no município de Feira de Santana-Ba. 1
Summary
Needs for oral rehabilitation and access to dental care of institutionalized elderly in the city of Feira de Santana, Bahia. Considerando ainda, que as alterações bucais podem variar entre idosos não institucionalizados e institucionalizados[3], esse estudo foi delineado com intuito de descrever as condições sócio-demográficas, necessidade de reabilitação oral e as condições de acesso aos serviços odontológicos de idosos no município de Feira de Santana, Bahia.
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