J Korean Acad Prosthodont.  2010 Apr;48(2):101-110.

The effects of dental prostheses to the quality of life among the elderly

• Hur IG
• Lee TY
• Dong JK
• Hong SH

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study has been conducted in order to examine the oral health status and dental prostheses status, and the effects of dental prostheses to the oral health related quality of life among the elderly using social welfare centers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: For this purpose, the researcher conducted a questionnaire survey and oral examination of 275 samples of old persons using 7 social welfare centers located in Daejeon metropolitan city. The oral health related quality of life was measured by GOHAI (Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index).
RESULTS
1. The less age and the more education and the more subjective economic status and living with spouse of family status, the higher GOHAI showed. 2. Mean age of first using of removable denture is 62.11 years old and average life cycle of removable denture is 10.76years. 57.5% of study subjects use removable denture and complete denture user of study subjects are 13.8%. 3. In the case that they use fixed prostheses rather than removable ones and in the complete denture they use both sides (upper and lower) rather than single side, showed higher GOHAI. 4. In the case that they showed higher degrees of satisfaction with dental prostheses and can use them always and showed no necessity for new dental prostheses and denture adaptation is good, GOHAI showed higher.
CONCLUSION
In order to improve oral health related quality of life among the elderly who have many missing teeth, it is required to restore their masticatory ability to the normal level by restoring the missing teeth which has lost its function through providing proper dental prostheses.

Keyword

Elderly; Dental prostheses; Quality of life; Masticatory ability index; GOHAI

MeSH Terms

Aged
Dental Prosthesis
Denture, Complete
Dentures
Diagnosis, Oral
Humans
Life Cycle Stages
Oral Health
Prostheses and Implants
Quality of Life
Surveys and Questionnaires
Social Welfare
Spouses
Tooth

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