Department of Periodontology, Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Finland.
Acta Odontol Scand. 2010 Sep;68(5):278-83. doi: 10.3109/00016357.2010.494619.
To describe the periodontal condition of the elderly in Finland and its association with sociodemographic factors.
The study was based on a subpopulation of 1460 persons (748 dentate persons) aged > or =65 years who participated in a nationally representative Health 2000 Survey in Finland. The data for this study were collected by means of an interview and a clinical oral examination.
Seventy-three percent of the participants in this study had gingival bleeding in at least one sextant. The proportion of participants with no teeth with deepened periodontal pockets > or =4 mm deep was 31%. Twenty-eight percent of the participants had one to three teeth with deepened periodontal pockets > or =4 mm deep, 15% had four to six and 26% had > or =7. At the individual level, a high number of teeth with deepened periodontal pockets was associated with sociodemographic factors such as high age, intermediate or higher education, and living in a rural area.
At a national level, the greatest need for periodontal treatment presently derives from persons aged 65-74 years and/or those with low education, due to their high representation in the elderly population.
描述芬兰老年人的牙周状况及其与社会人口因素的关系。
本研究基于一项全国代表性的芬兰健康 2000 调查中的一个亚人群，共包括 1460 名年龄≥65 岁的（748 名有牙者）个体。本研究的数据通过访谈和临床口腔检查收集。
在本研究中，73%的参与者至少有一个六分之一的牙龈出血。牙周袋深度≥4 毫米的无牙比例为 31%。28%的参与者有 1 到 3 颗牙周袋深度≥4 毫米的牙齿，15%有 4 到 6 颗，26%有 7 颗或更多。在个体水平上，牙周袋深度较大的牙齿数量与社会人口因素相关，如年龄较大、中等或高等教育程度以及居住在农村地区。
从全国范围来看，由于在老年人群中所占比例较高，目前牙周治疗的最大需求来自于 65-74 岁的人群和/或教育程度较低的人群。
