Table 1 Prevalence of oral health conditions among elderly ≥70 years old from Mexico City, 2009
From: Oral health conditions and frailty in Mexican community-dwelling elderly: a cross sectional analysis
Oral health Conditions | n (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Self-perception of oral health compared with others of the same age | Better | 314 (37.5) |
Equal | 289 (34.5) | |
Worse | 82 (9.8) | |
Don’t Know, | 153 (18.2) | |
Not Answered | ||
Total | 838 | |
Utilization of dental services during the last year | Yes | 387 (46.2) |
No | 450 (53.7) | |
Not answered | 1 (0.1) | |
Total | 837 | |
Chewing problems | No | 444 (53.0) |
Yes | 393 (46.9) | |
Not answered | 1 (0.1) | |
Total | 838 | |
Xerostomia | No | 458 (54.7) |
Yes | 378 (45.1) | |
Not answered | 2 (0.2) | |
Total | 838 | |
Number of teeth | Mean (SD) | 10.7 (9.2) |
Median | 10 | |
Maximum | 32 | |
Total | 838 | |
Dental condition | Edentulism | 197 (23.5) |
Partial edentulism | 565 (67.4) | |
Dentate ≥25 teeth | 76 (9.1) | |
Total | 838 | |
Utilization of RPD and/or CD among edentate and partially dentate | Not wearing | 290 (38.1) |
Wearing RPD and/or CD | 472 (61.9) | |
Total | 762 | |
Functionality of RPD and/or CD among RPD and CD users | Non functional | 319 (67.6) |
Functional | 153 (32.4) | |
Total | 472 | |
Periodontitis among partially and complete dentate | Not severe | 580 (91.1) |
Severe | 57 (8.9) | |
Rejected evaluation | 4 | |
Total | 641 |