tailieunhanh - PROSTHETIC REHABILITATION OF MISSING TEETH AND ORAL HEALTH IN THE ELDERLY

The vast majority of Buddhists also indicated that they meditated during the past month and just over half indicated they meditated at least several times a week. Elderly women meditate somewhat more frequently than men. Provincial elders also reported more frequent meditation than those in Phnom Penh. However older elderly meditate more frequently than younger elderly, a finding that is consistent with the higher percentage of older elderly who indicate religion is very important for them. Among Muslims there is a very sharp difference between men and women with respect to visiting a mosque during a previous month | Institute of Dentistry University of Helsinki Finland and Institute of Dentistry University of Turku Finland PROSTHETIC REHABILITATION OF MISSING TEETH AND ORAL HEALTH IN THE ELDERLY Martti Juha Nevalainen ACADEMIC DISSERTATION To be publicly discussed with the assent of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Helsinki in the main auditorium of the Institute of Dentistry Mannerheimintie 172 Helsinki on June 11 2004 at 12 noon Helsinki 2004 Supervisors Professor Anja Ainamo University of Helsinki Associate Professor Timo Nărhi University of Turku Reviewers Professor Warner Kalk Univesity of Gronningen Professor Aune Raustia University of Oulu Opponent Professor Antti Yli-Urpo University of Turku ISBN 952-91-7361-X paperback ISBN 952-10-1920-4 pdf Yliopistopaino Helsinki 2004 1. LIST OF ORIGINAL 2. 3. 4. 5. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE .10 . Population . Number of retained teeth in the . Causes for the loss of . . Need for prosthetic treatment. 13 . Rehabilitation with removable prosthesis . 14 . Rehabilitation with fixed Residual ridge resorption RRR . 15 . Oral mucosal lesions and denture 6. AIMS OF THE 7. SUBJECTS AND METHODS .20 . Subjects and participation .20 . . Clinical . Classification of edentulous and dentate . Clinical . Condition and classification of the decayed filled and missing . Adequacy of prosthetic rehabilitation and needs for prosthetic treatment. 24 . Radiological examination and assessment of . Saliva collection and microbial . Evaluation of the oral . Statistical 8. RESULTS .27 . Retained and missing teeth and causes for the loss of teeth Paper I .27 . Prosthetic rehabilitation of the edentulous elderly and adequacy .