Smith J M, Sheiham A
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1979;7(6):305-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1979.tb01238.x.
A sociodental investigation was carried out among 254 elderly people living at home in Nottinghamshire. The aim of the inquiry was to ascertain whether this group of people were handicapped by their dental conditions. The dental status of the sample was generally poor. 74% were edentulous and the condition of the full dentures worn by many of the subjects was unsatisfactory. A high proportion (59%) of the subjects had lesions of the oral mucosa. Many members of the sample were orally handicapped, either functionally or socially. 32% complained of oral pain and 30% claimed to have difficulty chewing. Also, subjects were embarrassed by the appearance of their teeth and by their dentures dropping during social contact. The perception of handicap, however, was not strongly related to dental status.
在诺丁汉郡对254名居家老年人进行了社会口腔学调查。调查目的是确定这群人是否因牙齿状况而生活不便。样本的牙齿状况普遍较差。74%的人无牙，许多受试者所佩戴的全口义齿状况不佳。很大比例（59%）的受试者有口腔黏膜病变。样本中的许多人在功能或社交方面存在口腔问题。32%的人抱怨口腔疼痛，30%的人声称咀嚼困难。此外，受试者会因牙齿外观以及社交时假牙脱落而感到尴尬。然而，对生活不便的认知与牙齿状况并无紧密关联。
