Research Article
Dental Prosthetic Status and Prosthetic Need of the Institutionalized Elderly Living in Geriatric Homes in Mangalore: A Pilot Study
Table 3
Distribution of study subjects according to gender and the prosthetic need of their upper and lower arches.
| | Prosthetic status of upper arch | Prosthetic status of lower arch | | Males (%) | Females (%) | Total | Males (%) | Females (%) | Total |
| | No prosthesis needed | 15 (20.5%) | 12 (20%) | 27 (20.3%) | 15 (20.5%) | 12 (20%) | 27 (20.3%) | | Need for one unit prosthesis | 0 (0%) | 2 (3.3%) | 2 (1.5%) | 2 (2.7%) | 2 (3.3%) | 4 (3%) | | Need for multiunit prosthesis | 13 (17.8%) | 18 (30%) | 31 (23.3%) | 16 (21.9%) | 20 (33.3%) | 36 (27.1%) | | Need for combination of single- or multiunit prosthesis | 4 (5.5%) | 3 (5%) | 7 (5.3%) | 4 (5.5%) | 3 (5%) | 7 (5.3%) | | Need for full prosthesis | 37 (50.7%) | 25 (41.7%) | 62 (46.6%) | 32 (43.8%) | 23 (38.3%) | 55 (41.4%) | | Not recorded | 4 (5.5%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (3%) | 4 (5.5%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (3%) |
| | Total | 73 (100%) | 60 (100%) | 133 (100%) | 73 (100%) | 60 (100%) | 133 (100%) |
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