Abstract

RAMIREZ-PUERTA, Blanca Susana; AGUDELO-SUAREZ, Andrés Alonso; MORALES-FLOREZ, Jessica Lorena  and  SARRAZOLA-MONCADA, Ángela María. Present teeth in population of ages 25, 35, 45, 55 and 65 years, Antioquia (Colombia) 2011. CES odontol. [online]. 2012, vol.25, n.2, pp.12-23. ISSN 0120-971X.

Introduction and objective The global goals of oral health propose to establish own oral indexes in each country and region according to their achievements. The aim of this study was to estimate the baseline indicators of natural teeth present in population aged 25, 35, 45, 55 and 65 years in Antioquia, Colombia. Material and Methods Descriptive study from a consolidated database by the "Secretaria Seccional de Salud de Antioquia", which contains records of people who attended the dental service for first time during 2010 and 2011 in the municipalities of the department, and that were examined according the guidelines of the "Ministerio de la Protección Social" for the evaluation of dental status. Results For people aged 25-years old, the 62.9% had all natural teeth present, percentage that decrease with increasing age, for 65 years old was only 5.2%. The mean of present teeth in 25 and 65 years old groups were 27.2±1.4 and 14.5±8.3 respectively. Missing teeth due to caries for 25 years old were on average 0.56±1.2, index that increase with age, being 11±8.8 for 65 years old while the mean number of missing teeth due to other reasons was 0.7±2.6. The percentage of persons with less than 21 teeth was 17.7%. Conclusions The number of natural teeth present for people aged 25-years is in agreement with the goal proposed by the National Public Health for older than 18 years, but was only achieved for 25 years old.

Keywords : Tooth loss; Epidemiology; Oral health.

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