Idoso portador de Diabetes Mellitus: relevância epidemiológica para a atenção em Odontologia

Saintrain, Maria Vieira de Lima; Lima, Pedro F.

doi:10.1590/1809-9823.2008.11037

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“…Although this study aimed, mainly, to relate the presence of lesions and deleterious habits (tobacco and alcohol), it is important to mention that from the 138 elderly with oral lesion, 40% showed pathology related to the use of prosthesis, the most prevalent being stomatitis and hyperplasia. This result was corroborated by a research where the prevalence of lesions of oral mucosa (34.9%) appeared directly related to the elderly who use some kind of dental prosthesis 17 . These findings are similar to those of Kossioni 18 who studied the prevalence of soft tissue lesions caused by prosthesis in 106 elderly patients in the Department of Prosthodontics of the Athens Dental School and found that 39.6% of the sample had denture stomatitis.…”

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Prevalence of soft tissue oral lesion in elderly and its relations with deleterious habits

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Prevalence of soft tissue oral lesion in elderly and its relations with deleterious habitsIntroduction: With ageing, the oral mucosa becomes more susceptible to external stimuli. Objective: To investigate the prevalence of soft tissue oral lesion in elderly and its relations with deleterious habits. Materials and methods: It was a quantitative research conducted at the dental clinic of UNIFOR, Fortaleza-CE, in the period from 1998 to 2006. The sample consisted of all 756 records of the elderly, and the data were processed by SPSS 15.0 (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Results: The majority (63.0) were women, age 60-92, mean age 67 ± 6. The most significant proportions were married (48.4%), retired (42.3%) and incomplete primary school (31.5%). It was found a prevalence of 18.3% of oral lesions, with the risk being 1.6 times higher (p = 0.030) among youngest (up to 65 years) and 1.7 times higher among smokers (p = 0.048). Although this risk is 1.6 times higher among those who drank alcohol, it was not statistically significant (p = 0.122). Conclusion:The elderly showed a high prevalence of oral lesion, being the youngest, the smokers and the alcohol consumers those most vulnerable to the emergence of these diseases. Dental services need to implement programs of elderly care and health education, essential to clarify the risks and their associations with oral diseases, aiming to promote health.

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