en Descriptive & Survey <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"><span style="color:#4f81bd">Aims:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"> This study aimed to evaluate the current status of dental prosthetics, identify prosthetic needs, and assess the prevalence of oral frailty within the geriatric population in Egypt.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"><span style="color:#4f81bd">Instrument & Methods:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"> The cross-sectional study recruited 258 community-dwelling adults aged 60 years or older from residential homes in Al-Sharkia Governorate, Egypt. Collected data included demographic information, medical history, oral hygiene, prosthetic status and needs, and scores on the Oral Frailty Index-8 (OFI-8). Chi-square tests, t-tests, and multinomial logistic regression were utilized to evaluate the associations among prosthetic status, prosthetic needs, and oral frailty. </span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"><span style="color:#4f81bd">Findings:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"> A high percentage of participants (79.8%) were at elevated risk for oral frailty, with chronic diseases (72.5%) and past tooth extractions (94.6%) being prevalent. Oral examination revealed common issues such as gingival inflammation (50.8%) and temporomandibular joint pain (58.1%), while prosthetic needs varied, with many requiring single or multiple-unit prostheses. Key risk factors identified included illiteracy, temporomandibular joint pain, and mandibular prosthetic needs, underscoring the multifactorial nature of oral frailty. </span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"><span style="color:#4f81bd">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"> There is a high prevalence of oral frailty and substantial unmet prosthetic needs among older adults in Egypt. </span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp;</p> Geriatric Dentistry,Elderly,Oral Health,Prostheses, 147 155 http://hehp.daneshafarand.org/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-95&slc_lang=en&sid=4 R.A.A. Mahdy 1003194753284600380412 1003194753284600380412 No Department of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt E.A. Abdel-Gawwad 1003194753284600380413 1003194753284600380413 No Department of Removable Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt M.I. Fayad 1003194753284600380414 1003194753284600380414 Yes Department of Substitutive Dental Science, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia S.G. Mohammed 1003194753284600380415 1003194753284600380415 No Department of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt