A Korean version of the Oral Impacts on Daily Performances (OIDP) scale in elderly populations: Validity, reliability and prevalence

Table 2 Percentage distribution of clinical and subjective status in Korean elderly subjects (n = 668)

Clinical status and needs	Categories	Percent
Denture status	both edentulous	22.5
	upper edentulous	14.7
	lower edentulous	3.7
	both dentulous	59.1
Number of natural teeth	0	22.5
	1–10	27.2
	11–20	23.8
	21 or more	26.5
Restorative need	no need	63.6
	one surface	7.7
	pulp care + restoration or extraction	28.7
Prosthetic need	no need	55.8
	in one jaw	23.5
	both jaws	20.7
Subjective status and needs	Categories	Percent
Perceived dental treatment need¹	no need at all	8.9
	no need	26.4
	fairly need	9.8
	need	29.0
	high level of need	25.8
Perceived oral health ²	good	18.5
	fair	19.1
	poor	34.6
	very poor	27.8
Pain VAS (categorised)	0	65.4
	1–5	21.0
	6–10	13.6
Satisfaction with oral health status ³	satisfied	23.4
	fairly satisfied	19.7
	not satisfied	31.1
	not at all satisfied	25.8
Perceived general health ³	good	18.0
	fair	25,2
	poor	30.0
	very poor	26.7

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