Cavalcanti, Renata Veiga AndersenSilva, Diana Debora Roberto da2021-09-242021-09-242021-09-10SILVA, Diana Débora Roberto da. Alterações mastigatórias em idosos e sua relação com a saúde bucal e deglutição. 2021. 35f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação em Fonoaudiologia) - Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2021.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/38049OBJECTIVE: To verify self-reported masticatory disorders in community-dwelling elderly, relating them to oral health conditions and the presence of symptoms of oropharyngeal dysphagia. METHOD: This is a non-randomized, sectional study. 196 elderly men and women aged 60 years and over participated in this study. Data were collected through a self-reported questionnaire Screening for Mastication Disorders in Older Adults (SMDOA), the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) and the Tracking of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia for Older Adults (RaDi). Descriptive and analytical statistical analysis was performed using Chi-square, linear trend and Spearman correlation. It was considered a significance level of 0,05 (95%). RESULTS: The majority of the participants of this study were female (85,2%). The age average were 68,95 (±5,95). A considerable part of the sample reported difficulty in incising and crushing food, unilateral chewing and preference for foods that are easier to chew, in addition to highlighting the perception of worsening chewing over the years, chewing food less and more slowly. An association (≤0.001) was found between difficulty in crushing food and difficulty in swallowing food; needing effort to chew and feeling tired after eating; prefer to eat foods that are easier to chew and reduce the amount of food or change the type of food because of the teeth. There was a negative and moderate correlation (rho= -0,681; p< 0,001) between the GOHAI score, well as a moderate positive correlation (rho= 0.456; p<0.001) between the RAMI results and RADI. CONCLUSIONS: Masticatory disorders are recurrent in the studied population. The greater the presence of these alterations, the worse the oral health condition found, and the greater the occurrence of swallowing problems.Envelhecimento. Idoso. Mastigação. Sistema Estomatognático.  Saúde Bucal. Deglutição.Aging. Elderly. Mastication. Stomatognathic System. Oral Health. Deglutition.bachelorThesis