Oral Health in a Group of Subjectswith Mental Defects and Combined Defects in the Czech Republic

Overview

In 2000 the oral health of 455 randomly selected subjects with mental andcombined defects living in social welfare institutes or attending day- or week-stay homes wereinvestigated. The mean age of the group was 24.6 years. During dental examination thecariosity and state of teeth were recorded by means of the DMF index, the state of dental hygieneby means of DI-OHI, affection of the gingiva was expressed by the PMA index, orthodonticanomalies were evaluated according to WHO criteria. The mean DMF value per head in thewhole group was 8.76. The grade of treatment expressed by the restorative index (RI) was74.0% and the grade of repair 84.5%. The standard of oral hygiene was low, on average almosttwo thirds of every tooth were covered with plague (DI 1.71). Inflammations of the papilla andmarginal gingivitis were frequent as apparent from the value of the PMA index 1.73. A highproportion of subjects had some orthodontic abnormality.

Key words:
oral health in mentally affected subjects – cariosity – oral hygiene – state ofgingiva