Periodontal disease prevalence survey of 220 cases of elderly.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 Periodontal disease prevalence survey of 220 cases of elderly [Abstract] Objective To investigate the prevalence of periodontal disease of elderly, in order to improve the oral health care in the elderly to provide evidence. Methods 220 patients over 65 years old to investigate the prevalence of periodontal disease. Results in 220 patients subjects patients, 206 patients suffering from gum recession, dental calculus in 89 cases, 66 cases of bleeding gums, shallow periodontal pockets in 45 cases, 21 cases of deep periodontal pockets, with an average of 1.94 kinds of suffering from oral disease. where the prevalence of gingival recession the highest, 93.64%, while the lowest prevalence of periodontal pocket depth, 9.55%, the prevalence of various periodontal disease were significantly different (2 = 192.362, P lt;0.01); elderly hypertension group gingival bleeding and diabetes, gingival bleeding rate than non-elderly group with high (P lt;0.01). Conclusion periodontal disease in the elderly common disease, the elderly are facing a major public health problem; aged gingival bleeding prevalence of diabetes and hypertension closely related. [Keywords:] periodontal disease; old; clinical analysis Periodontal disease that occurs in the periodontal supporting tissues of teeth, atrophy and degeneration of the disease, is a primary chronic destructive disease, the majority of metabolic disorders and nutrition, endocrine disorders, autonomic dysfunction and other relevant, missing teeth lead to the elderly , the main reason for the loss of masticatory function [1]. In order to understand the prevalence of periodontal disease my area and its relationship with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, this paper 220 cases in our hospital over 65 years old were analyzed. Materials and Methods 1. Study randomly selected 220 cases in our hospital over the age of 65 patients with periodontal disease were analyzed, male 132 cases, female 88 cases.