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Dental Education: Detection of the Prevalence of Oral Lesions in Elderly who use Dental Prosthesis through the Dental Record
Maria Vieira de Lima Saintrain* 1, Thamara Manoela Marinho Bezerra2, Thais Guedes Holanda2, Davi Oliveira Bizerril3, Lucio Helio Pereira de Almeida4
2. DDS, University of Fortaleza, UNIFOR, Brazil.
3. DDS. Msc. Professor of University of Fortaleza - UNIFOR, Brazil.
4. DDS, Msc by University of Fortaleza - UNIFOR, Brazil.
Citation : Maria Vieira de Lima Saintrain*, Thamara Manoela Marinho Bezerra, et. al, Dental Education: Detection of the Prevalence of Oral Lesions in Elderly who use Dental Prosthesis through the Dental Record International Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences 2016,4(7) : 5-11.
Introduction: The dental prostheses which the function is to rehabilitate become iatrogenic due to inadequate
use.
Objective: To investigate, through records, the prevalence of lesions in oral mucosa of the elderly and its
relation with the removable prosthesis.
Methods: Quantitative study based on records of elderly from 60 to 92 years old. From the records of the
Dental Clinic of the University of Fortaleza-Ceara, Brazil, we elaborated a form for the collection of data
which were analyzed by the Software "Statistical Package for Social Science" - SPSS, version 15 (Chicago,
Illinois, USA.).
Results: Among the 756 researched records, 479 belonged to women (63.4%). We verified that 358 (47.3%)
elderly used removable prosthesis (superior, inferior or both), 138 (18.3%) had oral lesion. Fungal 59 (42.7%)
and traumatic 48 (34.7%) lesions prevailed. There was statistical significance (p< 0.05) between oral lesion and
use of prosthesis, oral lesion and type of prosthesis, oral lesion and frequency of use of prosthesis.
Conclusion: Through the records we detected a high prevalence of oral lesions which can be related to the use
of inadequate dental prostheses. The records constituted epidemiologic research and student's learning tool,
working as a basis for the elaboration of oral health actions to the population.