• Moan Jéfter Fernandes Costa, Lins Caio Alano de Almeida CAA 0000-0001-6424-3114 Curso de Fisioterapia, Faculdade de Ciencias da Saude do Trairi, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Louise Passos Vigolvino de Macedo, Vanessa Patrícia Soares de Sousa, Jussaro Alves Duque, and Souza Marcelo Cardoso de MC 0000-0002-9268-8353 Programa de Pos Graduacao em Saude Coletiva, Faculdade de Ciencias da Saude do Trairi, Universidade Fe.
• Programa de Pos Graduacao em Saude Coletiva, Faculdade de Ciencias da Saude do Trairi, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Santa Cruz, RN, BR.
• Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2019 Jan 1; 74: e972.

ObjectivesThis study aims to evaluate the self-perception of oral health according to the physical, psychosocial and pain/discomfort dimensions related to clinical conditions and orofacial pain of elderly people living in three different environments.MethodsThis was an observational, cross-sectional, quantitative study with a population-based approach and nonprobabilistic convenience sampling that included 81 elderly people: 27 resided in institutional homes for elderly individuals, 27 resided in an urban area and 27 resided in a rural area in the interior of Paraíba (PB) in northeastern Brazil.ResultsThe Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) was used to assess self-perception of oral health, while the Questionnaire for Screening of Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders (QST/TMD) was used to assess the influences of orofacial pain and the biofilm indexes of teeth and prostheses. There was a statistically significant difference in the GOHAI scores among the places of residence, with the worst values associated with the rural area. According to the QST/TMD, the majority of individuals were affected by TMDs, with statistical differences for both sex and income.ConclusionThe biofilm analysis showed a higher incidence of clinical conditions in the rural population. The place of residence also influenced self-perception and the clinical oral health condition of elderly people; the rural population presented the worst results.

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