Dental Status of Elderly in Maraveh-Tapeh City, Golestan

One of the main problems of the old people is losing the natural teeth which can be considered as a very important event in their life because as a result the aged will be afflicted with a kind of functional disability which affects daily activities such as food choice, eating and speaking; it even creates many psychosocial problems for the old person [1]. studies also indicated that the old people who have lost their teeth have a more unfavorable quality of life [2]. the importance of oral health is so that one of the elements of primary health care (phc) is devoted to oral health [3].