Influence of Type of Prosthesis on Oral Environment and the Number of Missing Teeth in Elderly Persons
Joint Authors
Source
International Journal of Dentistry
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-09-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the number of missing teeth (MT) and the statuses of oral environmental factors (the stimulated salivary flow rate, buffering capacity, and the counts of mutans streptococci, lactobacilli, and Candida) in the elderly.
The subjects were 64 elderly subjects with fixed prostheses and 49 who wore removable partial dentures aged over 65 years.
We used one-way ANOVA to test for overall differences of the number of MT among 5 oral environmental factors.
The significant differences were observed in the lactobacilli counts for different number of MT.
The number of MT increased with an increase in the lactobacilli counts with removable denture.
In conclusion, for the patients wearing removable dentures, increasing number of MT was associated with an increase in the lactobacilli counts in saliva.
For the patients with crowns and fixed partial dentures, the number of MT was not significantly affected by salivary mutans streptococci, lactobacilli, and Candida counts.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tanaka, Junko& Tanaka, Masahiro. 2010. Influence of Type of Prosthesis on Oral Environment and the Number of Missing Teeth in Elderly Persons. International Journal of Dentistry،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tanaka, Junko& Tanaka, Masahiro. Influence of Type of Prosthesis on Oral Environment and the Number of Missing Teeth in Elderly Persons. International Journal of Dentistry No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Tanaka, Junko& Tanaka, Masahiro. Influence of Type of Prosthesis on Oral Environment and the Number of Missing Teeth in Elderly Persons. International Journal of Dentistry. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-482738
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-482738