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Abstract #159095

Sergio Sanchez-Garcia¹, Teresa Juarez-Cedillo², Hortensia Reyes-Morales¹, Javier De la Fuente-Hernández³, Fortino Solórzano-Santos⁴, and Carmen Garcia-Peña². (1) Epidemiology and Health Service Research Unit, Ageing Area., Mexican Institute of Social Security, Edificio de las Monjas. Tercer piso. Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI. Avenida Cuauhtémoc no. 330, Col. Doctores. Delegación Cuauhtémoc., Mexico, 06725, Mexico, 56276900 Ext. 21846 y 21847., sergio.sanchezga@imss.gob.mx, (2) Epidemology and Health Services Research Unit. Ageing Area, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Edificio de las monjas. Tercer Psio. Centro México Nacional Siglo XXI, Av. Cuauhtemoc 330 Colonia Doctores, Mexico City, 06725, Mexico, (3) División de Estudios Profesionales de la Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de las Facultades S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico, 04510, Mexico, (4) Departamento de Infectología, Hospital de Pediatría, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI., Avenida Cuauhtémoc no. 330, Col. Doctores. Delegación Cuauhtémoc, Mexico, 06725, Mexico

Objective. Our aim was to evaluate the effect of the dental state on the capacity of elderly individuals to carry out their daily activities during the previous 6 months.Material and Methods. We conducted a transversal study in Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS)-insured elderly persons residing in southwestern Mexico City. We carried out home interviews to gather sociodemographic data, use of oral health services, problems in effecting daily actions, and their relationship with the dentition state over the past 6 months, utilizing the Oral Impacts on Daily Performance (OIDP) index. Later, three Oral Health professionals trained in determining dentition state according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria performed a clinical examination on each elderly subject.Results. We studied 540 elderly individuals. The prevalence of elderly persons with problems in carrying out their daily activities was 21.5%. The main problems in daily activities were present in eating (14.4%), speaking (8.7%), in not becoming irritated (5.4%), brushing their teeth (5.0%), and in enjoying contact with people (4.4%). There is a correlation of positive OIDP among number of teeth lost and the decayed missing filled (DMF-T) index (p <0.05) and of negative OIDP in number of functional and filled teeth. Conclusions. Dentition state in the elderly has repercussions in the capacity to carry out daily activities, with quality of life most seriously affected with regard to eating and enjoying food, as well as in correct pronunciation.

Learning Objectives:

• Our aim was to evaluate the effect of the dental state on the capacity of elderly individuals to carry out their daily activities during the previous 6 months.

Keywords: Quality of Life, Elderly

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