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Abstracts of the 9th International Scientific Meeting in Dentistry

J Dentomaxillofac Sci, Vol 1, Supplement 1, 2016 : 109s

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science


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Main Lecture

Oral health and menopouse: Problems and management


Hasanuddin Thahir
Department of Periodontic
Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University
Makassar, Indonesia

ABSTRACT INFO ABSTRACT

Abstract History : Globally, the number of life expectancy in worldwide population has
Received 15 May 2016 increased compared with 1990. In 2014, the mean life expectancy have
Available online 20 June 2016 reached 75 years old, and even above 80 years in several developed
countries. The interesting point is women have shown higher increase of
live expectancy compared with men, Women have increased 6.6 years
compared with men, 5.8 years. Better health welfare, economic growth,
Keywords :
and lifestyle modification suspected to be contributing in higher life
Menopause
expectancy worldwide. Despite the encouraging news that the age of
Periodontal care
population is increasing, the concern will be whether this longer age come
Tooth loss
with the better health condition, including oral and dental health. The
presence of teeth inside the mouth is one of significant points to support
ones quality of life. This research involved 66 subjects, age between 35
60 years old, divided into two groups, menopause and non-menopause
women. The research shown that tooth loss occurred more in non-
menopause women than menopause woman, which is 37% woman has
lost as many as 12 teeth, compared with post menopausal the toothloss
only occurred in 19.6%. The treatment need of non-surgery periodontal
care in non-menopausal woman higher by 37.9%, and surgery care is
23.2%, meanwhile in the menopause group, non surgery care is 30.3% and
surgery care is only 9.1%. The conclusion is the teeth extractions mostly
take place in the period before menopause compared post-menopausal.
Treatment need is also higher before menopausal than after menopause. In
order to that, the menopausal women need to have adequate dental care by
the patient and the dentist as well

2016 JDMFS. Published by Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University. All rights reserved.

Corresponding Author:
E-mail:din_sth@yahoo.com
p-ISSN : 25030817; e- ISSN: 25030825
DOI : 10.15562/jdmfs.v1i1.49

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