Abstract

COBOS CASTRO, Ivet; GUTIERREZ SEGURA, Mildred; PATERSON SERRANO, Eliany  and  ZAMORA GUEVARA, Noemi. Educational Intervention on Denture Stomatitis in the Elderly. ccm [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.3, pp. 432-440. ISSN 1560-4381.

Introduction: the physical-mental and social well-being of elderly people need adequate educational interventions. Objective: to evaluate educative intervention effectiveness on dental prosthesis stomatitis. Methods: an educational intervention was carried out in 98 elderly patients with dental prosthesis at a Nursing home from Mayarí, Holguín Province, between 2012-2013. A questionnaire was applied to know the level of knowledge before and after the intervention. Results: the prevailing level of knowledge before intervention was of moderate category (61.2 %). After that the highest values enriched to good category (95.9 %). Prosthesis oral hygiene was of moderate category (67 %) before the intervention and improved to good category (92 %) after intervention. Conclusion: favorable results achieved after the intervention from the application of different techniques and educational means showed the effectiveness of the strategy and methods applied.

Keywords : stomatitis; elderly; dental prosthesis; buccal mucosa; oral hygiene.

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