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- Title
Oral mucosal alterations among the institutionalized elderly in Brazil.
- Authors
Ferreira, Raquel Conceição; Magalhães, Cláudia Silami de; Moreira, Allyson Nogueira
- Abstract
This study determined the prevalence of oral mucosal alterations and associated factors among the institutionalized elderly in Brazil. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire, a review of their medical records and an intra-oral examination. A sample of 335 individuals over 60 years of age was randomly selected. In total, 646 alterations were diagnosed; 59.1% were variations of the normal oral mucosa. The most frequent variation consisted of sublingual varicosities (51.6%). Denture stomatitis (15.2%) and denture hyperplasia (12.8%) were the most frequent lesions. Elderly patients who wore dentures had a significantly higher prevalence of oral mucosal lesions (p = 0.00) than those that didn't wear dentures. There was a high prevalence of variations of the normal oral mucosa and of mucosal lesions, especially denture-induced lesions, among the institutionalized elderly.
- Publication
Brazilian oral research, 2010, Vol 24, Issue 3, p296
- ISSN
1807-3107
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1590/s1806-83242010000300007