Year: 2005
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: English summary Self-assessment of oral health, general health and dental status in a national sample of adult Norwegians in 2004 576 – 80. Number of remaining natural teeth has been a common indicator of adult population’s dental status. Surveys have shown a steady decrease in edentulousness and increase in the dentate populations having many natural teeth. The number of natural teeth may turn out to be too rough as an indicator. The present survey included for the first time in a national survey questions on self-assessment of oral health and general health. The survey was carried out in 2004 and comprised a random sample of the non-institutionalised population 20 years and older, altogether 2 471 persons. The participation rate was 70 %. The results showed that altogether 68 % and 76 % reported that they had good or very good oral health and general health, respectively. Only 3 % had no remaining teeth and 84 % had 20 natural teeth or more. Among the edentate adults 46 % said that that their oral health was good. This shows that the number of remaining teeth is only partly related to people’s assessment of oral health. There is a need for investigating what the concept of oral health is made up by among people, and how the assessment affect behaviours related to oral health.
DOI: 10.56373/2005-10-2
Authors: Dorthe Holst, Irene Skau, Jostein Grytten
Institution: University of Oslo
Language: English
Subfield: General Dentistry
Field: Dentistry
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4296673595