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<jats:p>Introduction. For the first time in Montenegro, a survey was conducted to
examine the oral health status of the elderly. Materials and methods. The
study included 170 subjects of both genders, average age 72.32 ? 6.85 years.
The research methodology was in line with the WHO methodological guidelines
for epidemiological studies of national oral pathology. For statistical
analysis of data IBM STATISTICS 20 was used. Descriptive and inferential
statistical methods, Tamhane T2 post hoc tests, ?2 test were applied. The
homogeneity of the dispersions was checked by the Leven test. The
significance level was set to 0.05. Results. The DMFT value was 29.417 ?
3.81 (MT: 26.25 ? 6.95; FT: 2.68 ? 3.98; DT: 0.63 ? 1.56) and it was
significantly higher in women, smokers and people who did not visit the
dentist regularly. The percentage of edentulous persons was 46.47%. The
index of dental rehabilitation - IRD was 73.86%. The average age of dentures
was 11 years. Conclusion. The state of oral health of the elderly in
Montenegro is not at satisfactory level, which is reflected in the high
percentage of edentulous people and unfavorable structure of DMFT.</jats:p>