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Prevalence of Dental Caries Among Institutionalized Elderly in Australia; Review

Objectives: Institutionalised elderly are at greater risk for caries than non-institutionalised individuals of comparable age. They are admitted to aged care facilities when they are functionally dependent, cognitively impaired and behaviourally difficult. On admission, their compromised oral health deteriorates as institutionalisation progresses. Incidence of new carious lesions, root caries, retained roots and untreated teeth are higher among institutionalised.
In Australia, with increasing life expectancy, the number of aged likely to get admitted into Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) is predicted to rise. With the number of edentulous elderly decreasing, there will be a greater risk of oral disease among institutionalised elderly.
The objective of this study is to review the prevalence of dental caries among the institutionalised elderly in Australia.
Methods: Search of online database: PubMed.
Keywords used: Dental Caries,RACF,Australia
Results: (Table 1)
The result indicates an increase in dentate elderly in RACF with more number of decayed, missing and filled teeth.
Conclusions: There is need for effective strategies to prevent caries among institutionalised elderly in Australia.

Division: IADR World Congress on Preventive Dentistry
Meeting: 2017 IADR World Congress on Preventive Dentistry (New Delhi, India)
Location: New Delhi, India
Year: 2017
Final Presentation ID: 0010
Abstract Category|Abstract Category(s): Addressing vulnerable populations

Authors

Philip, Philcy ( Bangalore Baptist Hospital , Bangalore , Karnataka , India )

Rogers, Clive ( The Visiting Dentist , Perth , Western Australia , Australia )

Kruger, Estie ( University of Western Australia , Perth , Western Australia , Australia )

Financial Interest Disclosure: NONE

SESSION INFORMATION

Poster Session
Addressing Vulnerable Populations I
Wednesday, 10/04/2017 , 11:15AM - 12:30PM

TABLES

Table 1

Author/s	Stockwell	Chalmers et.al.	Chalmers et.al.	Saubs R et.al.	C Stubbs et.al.	E Kruger et.al.	Philip P et.al.	M Silva et.al.
Year of publication	1987	1998	1999	2001	2002	2004	2010	2015
City	Perth	Adelaide	Adelaide	Melbourne	Perth	Fremantle	Perth	Melbourne
Sample size	1144	224	186	175	348	104	259	221
Edentulous %	74%	66%	63%	65%	53%		44%
D	1.1	1.1	1	1.3	0.76	3.7	5.1	2.7
M		18.9	19.3	17.9	17.9	18.6	20	13.8
F		3.8	4.1	5.1	5.3	4.3	6	5.2
DMFT		23.7	24.4	24.9	24.7	21.6	27	21.7

Result of the review, showing author/s, year of publication, no.of participants, participation rate, % of edentulous, mean decayed(D), missing(M),filled (F) teeth and mean DMFT index.