Table 2.

Distribution of elderly respondents according to the complaints.

Type of care utilized	Male	Female	Total
General dental practitioner	184 (39.5)	122 (28.0)	306 (33.7)
Dental specialist	108 (23.2)	86 (19.8)	194 (21.5)
Dental college	72 (15.5)	52 (12.0)	124 (13.8)
Self medication/OTC	36 (7.7)	66 (15.4)	102 (11.6)
Medical practitioner	40 (8.6)	28 (6.5)	68 (7.6)
Home remedies/Other system of medicine	22 (4.8)	76 (17.6)	98 (11.2)
Total	462 (100)	430 (100)	892 (100)

Chi-square = 57.9062, P = 0.0001*