Sociomedical and oral factors affecting masticatory performance in an older population.

Bousiou, Andrianna; Konstantopoulou, Kalliopi; Polychronopoulou, Argy; Halazonetis, Demetrios J; Schimmel, Martin; Kossioni, Anastassia E (2022). Sociomedical and oral factors affecting masticatory performance in an older population. Clinical oral investigations, 26(4), pp. 3477-3486. Springer 10.1007/s00784-021-04316-6

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OBJECTIVES

To assess the sociomedical and oral factors affecting masticatory performance in a community-dwelling older population.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Community-dwelling persons over 60 years were investigated using medical and dental oral interviews, oral and denture examination (natural teeth, tooth mobility, number of occluding tooth pairs, and removable dentures' prevalence and quality), and evaluation of masticatory performance using a mixing ability test.

RESULTS

A total of 130 participants with a mean age of 73.9±8.5 years were recorded. Fifty-eight (44.6%) used various types of removable prostheses. Twenty were edentulous and used a pair of complete dentures. Univariate analyses revealed statistically significant associations (p≤0.05) between masticatory performance and aging, marital status, subjective chewing ability, use of removable dentures, use of various combinations of complete dentures, pain caused by maxillary denture, number of teeth, tooth mobility, posterior chewing pairs, all chewing contacts natural or prosthetic, retention of mandibular partial dentures, and dentures' occlusion. The multivariable quantile regression analysis revealed that fewer natural teeth (95% CI: -0.02-0.01, p<0.001), being edentulous and using a pair of complete dentures (95% CI: 0.09-0.35, p=0.001), and larger percentage of severely mobile teeth (95% CI: 0.07-0.82, p=0.020) were associated with lower masticatory performance.

CONCLUSIONS

Poor masticatory performance in older adults was associated with fewer teeth, being edentulous and using a pair of complete dentures, and increased prevalence of severe tooth mobility.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE

Retaining the natural dentition and preventing and treating periodontal disease are important measures to maintain masticatory performance in older adults.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Reconstructive Dentistry and Gerodontology

UniBE Contributor:

Schimmel, Martin

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1436-3771

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Lena Augé

Date Deposited:

22 Dec 2021 13:07

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:55

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s00784-021-04316-6

PubMed ID:

34850264

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Dentures Masticatory performance Older adults Oral health Tooth loss Tooth mobility

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/161765

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/161765

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