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0079/2018 - Association between the use of complete dentures and the type of oral health care service used by the elderly .
Associação entre o uso de prótese dentária total e o tipo de serviço odontológico utilizado entre idosos edêntulos totais.

Author:

• Jairo Evangelista Nascimento - Nascimento, Jairo Evangelista - <jairomenmoc@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• João Gabriel Silva Souza - Souza, João Gabriel Silva - Montes Claros, MG - <jgabriel.ssouza@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5944-6953
• Marinilza Soares Mota Sales - Sales, MSM - <marinilzamota@gmail.com>
• Efigenia Ferreira e Ferreira - Ferreira, E.F. - <efigenia@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0665-211X
• Andréa Maria Eleutério de Barros Lima Martins - Martins, A.M.E.B.L. - <martins.andreamabl@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1205-9910


Abstract:

The oral rehabilitation with dental prosthesis was provided by national oral health policy in Brazil, due the high prevalence of loss of all teeth and low use of dental prosthesis among older people. There is a need to assess the impact of this policy. Therefore, aimed to investigate if the dental service type used was one of the factors associated with the use of dental prosthesis total among the older people. For this, was conducted a cross-sectional study using a probabilistic sample of older people (60 years or more) urban-area residents of a small city, conucted by calibrated examiners. Descriptive, bivariate and multiple (logistic regression odds ratio – OR) analyses were conducted. 287 older people were included, of these, 186 (64.8%) used dental prosthesis. The use of dental prosthesis total was associated with higher chances of using private dental services (OR=4.19; p

Keywords:

Aged; Oral Health; Denture

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Nascimento, Jairo Evangelista, Souza, João Gabriel Silva, Sales, MSM, Ferreira, E.F., Martins, A.M.E.B.L.. Association between the use of complete dentures and the type of oral health care service used by the elderly .. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Feb). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/association-between-the-use-of-complete-dentures-and-the-type-of-oral-health-care-service-used-by-the-elderly/16612



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