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Specifically, to assess the oral health status and treatment needs among the geriatric population attending health camps in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">N<\/jats:styled-content>ew <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">D<\/jats:styled-content>elhi, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">N<\/jats:styled-content>orthern <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">I<\/jats:styled-content>ndia.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The sample size for the cross\u2010sectional study comprised of 248 elderly participants aged 60 years having attended the health check\u2010up camps organized in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">N<\/jats:styled-content>ew <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">D<\/jats:styled-content>elhi, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">I<\/jats:styled-content>ndia. The community periodontal index was used for assessment of periodontal disease. The World Health Organization's criterion was used for detection of dentition status and treatment needs. The \u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u2010test was used to compare between categorical variables. The Mann\u2013<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">W<\/jats:styled-content>hitney <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">U<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic>\u2010test was used to compare between two groups for quantitative variables. Regression analysis was carried out to identify the factors associated with dental caries and periodontal disease status.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The mean number of affected sextants with the highest community periodontal index score of 4 was 3.54\u2009\u00b1\u20092.45. Mean decayed, missing and filled teeth score of 16.39\u2009\u00b1\u20098.97 was recorded among the elderly. Prosthetic need was noted among 206 (83.1%) participants. Age and literacy status contributed to 27% and 12% of the variance respectively in the decayed, missing and filled teeth model. (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) Major contributory factors in the periodontal disease model for the 37%, 11% and 11% variance were age, sex and tobacco consumption (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Two striking features of the study were the high levels of unmet prosthetic needs and the extremely low utilization of dental care. 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