Relationship between Knowledge and Awareness of Risk of Oral Healthcare's in Elderly Patients Attending in the Primary Health Care at Saudi Arabia 2022

Abstract

Background We aimed to investigate the relationship between Relationship between knowledge and awareness of risk of oral health cares in elderly patients attending in the Primary health care at Saudi Arabia. Despite the high prevalence of risk of oral health cares, oral dryness and awareness of its complications, there is limited research on the clinical management of patients with risk of oral healthcare's and oral dryness in general dental care. Saliva has several important functions essential to maintaining overall health, as well as oral health. It is important for oral homeostasis with numerous functions, which include lubricating soft tissues, regulating pH levels, clearing food particles, antimicrobial function, and facilitating tooth mineralization. Oral frailty, as defined by the Saudi Arabia  Dental Association, is a series of phenomena and processes characterized by vulnerability of oral health status due to age-related changes in different oral health conditions (number of teeth, oral hygiene, and oral functions). Oral frailty provides a warning to avoid the following negative repercussions. neglecting slight declines in oral function. Aim of the study: To investigate the relationship between Relationship between knowledge and awareness of risk of oral health cares in elderly patients attending in the Primary health care at Saudi Arabia 2022. Method: cross sectional study conducted at outpatient dental clinics in primary health care center at Saudi Arabia in Sample population consists of Saudi out patients aged 60 <80 years attending. Our total participants were (200). Results:. Show among the elderly patients regarding age majority of the study groups from the ≥75 years were (44.0%), regarding the relationships with their grandparents the majority of the respondents they are not alive were (41.0%), the education status the majority of the respondents medium were (29.0%), the you smoke the most of participant answer No were (63.0%) while Yes were (37.0%) .Conclusion: The oral health status of elderly people was found to be poor. Hence, it is concluded from this study that tooth loss is higher among the geriatric group,  eating is the foundation of human life. The ability of older people to eat is supported by a wide variety of factors related to tooth and oral functions, such as the number of teeth present, masticatory strength, swallowing function, and occlusal support. To increase awareness of the importance of oral function in the Saudi Arabia population, the concept of oral frailty has been introduced.