Dental diseases and tooth loss result in various health, psychological, and even social problems. The objective of the study
was determination of the number of missing teeth among adult rural and urban inhabitants of the Lublin Region, and
whether or not there is a relationship between missing teeth and place of residence, and other socio-economic factors, such
as: gender, age, education level and the occupation performed (farmer/non-farmer). Data concerning the number of missing
teeth were collected from 3,388 individuals. The mean number of missing teeth among the respondents in the study was
13.6. This mean value was significantly higher among the rural than urban inhabitants. Tooth loss was significantly more
often found among females than males, this relationship being statistically significant only in the subpopulation of rural
inhabitants. According to expectations, the largest number of missing teeth was found in respondents aged over 60, among
those aged 31–60 this number was nearly 2.5- fold smaller, while the smallest number of missing teeth was observed among
respondents aged 18–30. The largest number of missing teeth was noted among respondents who possessed incomplete
elementary or elementary education, followed by those with elementary vocational and secondary school/post-secondary
school education, whereas this number was the smallest among respondents who had university education level. Farmers
had a significantly larger number of missing teeth, compared to respondents who performed non-agricultural occupations.
Using an analysis of regression, the relationship was confirmed between the number of missing teeth, and the respondents’
gender, age, education level, place of residence, and occupation performed. Discrimination analysis was applied to show
the relationship between the occurrence of total edentulism and the respondents’ age, gender, education level and place of
residence. It was observed that age was the variable which most strongly discriminated the occurrence of this characteristic,
followed by education level, as well as gender and place of residence, which were the weakest discriminatory variables.
Ta witryna wykorzystuje pliki cookies do przechowywania informacji na Twoim komputerze. Pliki cookies stosujemy w celu świadczenia usług na najwyższym poziomie, w tym w sposób dostosowany do indywidualnych potrzeb. Korzystanie z witryny bez zmiany ustawień dotyczących cookies oznacza, że będą one zamieszczane w Twoim komputerze. W każdym momencie możesz dokonać zmiany ustawień dotyczących cookies
Informacja
SZANOWNI CZYTELNICY!
UPRZEJMIE INFORMUJEMY, ŻE BIBLIOTEKA FUNKCJONUJE W NASTĘPUJĄCYCH GODZINACH:
Wypożyczalnia i Czytelnia Główna: poniedziałek – piątek od 9.00 do 19.00