TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of Most Common Tongue Lesions Related to Degenerative Diseases in the Elderly
AU - Parmadiati, Adiastuti Endah
AU - Ernawati, Diah Savitri
AU - Mahdani, Fatma Yasmin
AU - Ayuningtyas, Nurina Febriyanti
AU - Surboyo, Meircurius Dwi Condro
AU - Pratiwi, Aulya Setyo
AU - Marsetyo, Riyan Iman
AU - Inastu, Candrika Ramya
AU - Erawati, Vint
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Population aged 60 years old and above are growing in number. The increase was due to the increasing life expectancy in Indonesia; a fact that will have an impact on general and oral health inthe future. Tongue lesions are related to degenerative diseases such as diabetes mellitus,hypertension and heart disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence oftongue lesions related to degenerative diseases in the elderly at Ketabang Public Health Center,Surabaya City, East Java. This is an observational descriptive study with a cross-sectional design.Intraoral soft tissue examination was performed by the general dentist and oral medicine specialistin elderly patients coming to Ketabang Public Health Center between January and March 2020.During this period, there were 85 elderly patients with degenerative diseases and prevalence oftongue lesions, namely fissured tongue (77.6%), coated tongue (67.1%), crenated tongue (32.9%),atrophic glossitis (29.4%), lingual varices (12.9%), and oral melanotic macule (1.1%). Fissuredtongue is the most common tongue lesion found in 77% elderly patients with degenerativediseases.
AB - Population aged 60 years old and above are growing in number. The increase was due to the increasing life expectancy in Indonesia; a fact that will have an impact on general and oral health inthe future. Tongue lesions are related to degenerative diseases such as diabetes mellitus,hypertension and heart disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence oftongue lesions related to degenerative diseases in the elderly at Ketabang Public Health Center,Surabaya City, East Java. This is an observational descriptive study with a cross-sectional design.Intraoral soft tissue examination was performed by the general dentist and oral medicine specialistin elderly patients coming to Ketabang Public Health Center between January and March 2020.During this period, there were 85 elderly patients with degenerative diseases and prevalence oftongue lesions, namely fissured tongue (77.6%), coated tongue (67.1%), crenated tongue (32.9%),atrophic glossitis (29.4%), lingual varices (12.9%), and oral melanotic macule (1.1%). Fissuredtongue is the most common tongue lesion found in 77% elderly patients with degenerativediseases.
KW - Geriatric dentistry
KW - Human and health
KW - Mouth diseases
KW - Oral medicine
KW - Tongue
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85123868055
SN - 1309-100X
VL - 14
SP - 1569
EP - 1572
JO - Journal of International Dental and Medical Research
JF - Journal of International Dental and Medical Research
IS - 4
ER -