Research Article
Dental Prosthetic Status and Prosthetic Need of the Institutionalized Elderly Living in Geriatric Homes in Mangalore: A Pilot Study
Table 1
Distribution of study subjects according to their age and gender.
| | Age groups (in years) | Males (%) | Females (%) | Total (%) |
| | 60–65 | 22 (55%) | 18 (45%) | 40 (100%) | | 65–70 | 10 (33.3%) | 20 (66.7%) | 30 (100%) | | 70–75 | 13 (52%) | 12 (48%) | 25 (100%) | | 75–80 | 11 (61.1%) | 7 (38.9%) | 18 (100%) | | 80–85 | 15 (93.8%) | 1 (6.3%) | 16 (100%) | | 85–90 | 2 (50%) | 2 (50%) | 4 (100%) |
| | Total | 73 (54.9%) | 60 (45.1%) | 133 (100%) |
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