[Periodontal treatment needs in an elderly institutionalized Vizcaya population].

Abstract

The aim of this study is guessing the needs of periodontal treatment of the population of elderly, residents in Publics Institutions and Private ones in the province of Vizcaya. A total of 565 patients have been explored, using the Community Periodontal Index of Needs of Treatment (CPITN). After the evaluation of the obtained data, we observe that the 91.70% needs a kind of periodontal treatment, 62.64% need basic treatment, at least in one sextant. 13.58% need an advanced periodontal treatment. The severity of the Periodontal Disease increase in proportion to the age and it's bigger in men. 53.10% of the total of the sample were edentate.