EVALUATION RESEARCH PROGRAMME REGARDING A THREE-YEAR PERIOD OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR ELDERLY PATIENTS INSURED BY THE NATIONAL INSURANCE HOUSE FOR THE DEFENSE, PUBLIC ORDER, NATIONAL SECURITY AND JUDICIAL AUTHORITY (OPSNAJ)
Abstract:
Objectives: The implementation of a dental assistance programme for elderly patients insured by OPSNAJ, registered in the Dental Clinic of Sibiu Emergency Military Hospital and the evaluation of their oral health. It is known that, quite often, elderly patients insured by OPSNAJ Insurance House have a limited choice of dental assistance with immediate consequences on their oral health. On top of the list, there are those patients who moved in rural areas. The study draws a parallel between the clinical results of 105 patients, all of them over 65 years old and pensioned off patients registered in the Dental Clinic of the Emergency Military Hospital in Sibiu. Some benefited from, both an evaluation examination and dental treatments while others evaluation examination only. The study as such spread out over a three-year period of time. Materials and Methods: The above mentioned study took into account the clinical evaluation of oral diseases such as: periodontal problems, tooth cavities, partial or total edentation, all of them, specific to old age. All alterations having taken place in the above mentioned period of time have been made mention of, alongside with an evaluation of undergone treatments and a memo of either improvements or deteriorations of the dental problems for both types of patients.
full text article in English (.EN) |