Gerodonties
Oral health conditions and denture treatment needs in institutionalized elderly people in Japan
Hideo i\1iyazaki\ Ryuji Shirahama\ Ichiroh Ohtani\ Naoko Shimada^ and Tadamichi Takehara^ ^Department of Preventive Dentistry. Kyushu Dentai Coiiege. Kitakyushu. Japan. 'Kitai'sieal and mental eondition good; l- = pliy.sical and/or mental conditiiin lair: P = physical or menial cotidilion poor) and age group in Kitakyushu. Japan.
In dctitate persons, the tnean number of leetli ptesetit. and the number of deeayed and filled teeth according to genTable I shows ihc physical and mental status of all subjects. Of the 1908 sub- eral llealth condition and age group ate shown iti Fig. I. The mean number of jects. 745 (39%) were in good physieal teeth present was significantly higher a n d tnental eotidition. 275 persotis (l4'Mi) (/^
Oral health conditions and denture treatment needs in institutionalized elderly people in Japan
Hideo i\1iyazaki\ Ryuji Shirahama\ Ichiroh Ohtani\ Naoko Shimada^ and Tadamichi Takehara^ ^Department of Preventive Dentistry. Kyushu Dentai Coiiege. Kitakyushu. Japan. 'Kitai'sieal and mental eondition good; l- = pliy.sical and/or mental conditiiin lair: P = physical or menial cotidilion poor) and age group in Kitakyushu. Japan.
In dctitate persons, the tnean number of leetli ptesetit. and the number of deeayed and filled teeth according to genTable I shows ihc physical and mental status of all subjects. Of the 1908 sub- eral llealth condition and age group ate shown iti Fig. I. The mean number of jects. 745 (39%) were in good physieal teeth present was significantly higher a n d tnental eotidition. 275 persotis (l4'Mi) (/^
