Naslov
Distribution of prosthodontic appliances in elderly in different regions of Croatia

Autori
Bergman Gašparić, Lana: Ćatović, Adnan: Bergman, Većeslav: Komar, Dragutin: Lazić, Biserka: Žarković D, Klaić B

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of abstracts, FDI Annual Dental Congress / - Dubai, 2007

Skup
FDI Annual Dental Congress

Mjesto i datum
Dubai, Ujedinjeni Arapski Emirati, 24.10.2007. - 27.10.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Protetski nadomjestci; starije osobe; Hrvatska
(Prosthodontic appliances; elderly; Croatia)

Sažetak
INTRODUCTION: Oral health status of older people has been gaining more importance in developing and developed countries in the last decades as the proportion of this group among the population slowly but continuously increases because of the increase in life expectancy. In addition, the number of the dentate subjects among the elderly is dramatically increasing. For more than half a century, missing teeth have been replaced by fixed or removable prosthodontic appliances. In Croatia, like in many European countries some categories of patients, like older age patients, have some facilities in consumption of the prosthodontic appliances through the National Health Insurance Service. The aim of this investigation was to present the distribution of all prosthodontic appliances subventioned by the Croatian Institute for Health Insurance through the oldest age groups in relation to different regions of Croatia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Distribution of the following 14 prosthodontic appliances was studied: acrylic partial denture up to 10 and more than 10 elements, metal based partial denture, acrylic and metal base complete denture , post and core, acrylic crown, veneered crown, full metal crown, veneered pontic, modified veneered crown , modified full metal crown, denture relining , denture repair (fracture and 1 element or fracture and 2 or more elements). Number of mentioned prosthodontic appliances and its distribution through the districts of Croatia was obtained from Croatian Institute for Health Insurance. Population size living in the Croatian districts was obtained from the National Institute for Statistics. Totally 772.767 prosthodontic appliances were delivered during a period between 2002-2006 year. The patients were divided into 5 age groups (<50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80, >80 years old). Statistical analysis was performed by SPSS 12 for Windows (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois). Descriptive statistics were calculated and a significance of the difference was assessed by chi-square test. RESULTS: Number of prosthodontic appliance users has been increasing through the years. According to that, in 2002. patients requested 124 227 prosthodontic appliances and in 2006. that number has increased to 168 179. The highest number of prosthodontic appliances through the years has been delivered in the district of Zagreb / the capital/ (24%). The most frequently used prosthodontic appliance between 2002-2006 were removable partial dentures counting 60% ( 382 456) related to 40% ( 251 368) of removable complete dentures The highest percentage in the group of partial removable dentures were acrylic removable partial dentures with more than 10 elements (44%), followed by metal based partial dentures (35%) while acrylic removable partial dentures took the smallest part of 21%. In the group of complete removable dentures acrylic made 99.80% and metal based made 0.02%. Most of the removable partial denture users were younger than 50 years (88.44%), in the age group between 50-60 years old (26%) and the least in the age group older than 80 years (2.56%). The highest percentage of complete removable dentures was in the age group of 70-80 year olds (30.39%), in the age group of 60-70 year olds (29.61%) the lowest percentage was in the age group of older than 80 years (6.35%). Most of the fixed prosthodontic appliances were delivered in the age group of 70-80 year olds (30.13%) , and the most frequently used appliance was veneered crown. Analizing by age groups, the most frequently used appliance in patients younger than 50 years was acrylic veneered crown (74.77%), in the age group between 50-60 year olds it was modified crown (29.31%), in the age group between 60-70 year olds full metal crown (33.05%), in the age group between 70-80 year olds veneered pontic (55.43%), same as in the oldest age group (8.66%).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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