[Prosthetic rehabilitation: needs in Senegalese dental offices]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2011 Dec;104(5):355-6. doi: 10.1007/s13149-011-0142-8. Epub 2011 Mar 30.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Knowledge of dental prosthetic needs will develop strategies for prevention and treatment through a package of individual, community and professional policies. The aim of this study was to evaluate prosthetic needs in Senegalese dental offices. The survey was conducted among people aged 15 years and more attending Senegalese dental clinics. The mean number of missing teeth was 4.4. Only 55.3% of the sample expressed the need for dentures and 81.8% had a diagnosed need for prosthesis. A statistically significant difference was noticed between the needs diagnosed and the expressed needs (p < 0.0001). Finally, this study reveals that the need for prosthetic treatment is real in the Senegalese dental offices.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Dental Implantation / statistics & numerical data
  • Dental Offices / statistics & numerical data
  • Dental Offices / supply & distribution
  • Dentistry / methods
  • Dentistry / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Health Services Needs and Demand*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Physical Therapy Modalities / standards
  • Physical Therapy Modalities / statistics & numerical data
  • Pilot Projects
  • Prosthesis Implantation / rehabilitation*
  • Prosthesis Implantation / standards
  • Prosthesis Implantation / statistics & numerical data
  • Senegal / epidemiology
  • Young Adult