PREDISPOSITION TO TOOTH DECAY THE ELDERLY OF ST. PETERSBURG AND WAYS TO REDUCE IT

Abstract

To date, the issues of functional resistance of the enamel of the teeth of elderly people, as well as the possibility of increasing it with the use of new domestic remineralizing agents, have not been thoroughly investigated. The paper evaluates the functional resistance of tooth enamel in elderly people living in St. Petersburg and investigates the possibility of increasing it using a domestic tool for remineralization of hard tooth tissues. 65 persons (12 men and 53 women) aged from 61 to 74 years living in St. Petersburg were under observation for 9 months. All patients were divided into 2 study groups. The 1st (control) group included 32 people who, during a visit to a dentist, underwent professional oral hygiene, as well as recommendations on oral care with the use of toothbrushes and toothpastes for the oral cavity. The 2nd (main) group included 33 people who also had recommendations on oral care, but it was recommended to complete oral care by applying a new domestic gel for teeth with a remineralizing ASEPT to their teeth. It was found that at the beginning of the study, the indicators of functional resistance of tooth enamel to acid in elderly people of groups 1 and 2 were almost the same and were, respectively, 2.22 ± 0.19 and 2.20 ± 0.17 conl. units. In elderly people of group 1, during the study period, there was a tendency to decrease the functional resistance of tooth enamel to 2.11 ± 0.17 units, while in elderly people of group 2, the functional resistance of tooth enamel significantly increased to 1.65 ± 0.17 units, which indicates the effectiveness of the remineralizing ASEPT gel used for teeth. The daily use of remineralizing ASEPT gel for teeth by elderly people of the 2nd group of the study during the clinical study allowed for an increase in the digital indicators of tooth enamel resistance by 26.36 %, which is an important factor in preventing the development and/or recurrence of dental caries in old age. Therefore, it can be recommended to elderly people to include the use of this remineralizing agent for teeth in individual oral care activities.