Jiang Y, Guo Z, Luan W
Beijing Hospital.
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 1998 Feb;19(1):21-3.
The purpose of this surrey is to study the prevalence of dental disease and the needs of dental treatment, so as to develop effective programs in improving dental care in the elderly, 475 residents are selected by means of a systematic stratified sampling procedure. The aged people have poor dental health knowledge and habits. Major problems for getting their dental care include: 1. difficult to get registration; 2. long time waiting before seeing a dentist; 3. the actual needs for dental treatment are more than what expected by the elderly themselves. The study reveals that many problems are existed in terms of oral health status and dental care among the elderly, which calls for more attention.
本次调查的目的是研究牙齿疾病的患病率和牙科治疗需求，以便制定有效的项目来改善老年人的牙齿护理。通过系统分层抽样程序选取了475名居民。老年人牙齿健康知识和习惯较差。获得牙齿护理的主要问题包括：1. 难以挂号；2. 看牙医前等待时间长；3. 牙齿治疗的实际需求超过老年人自身的预期。研究表明，老年人在口腔健康状况和牙齿护理方面存在许多问题，这需要更多关注。
