Oral health status of institutionalized older adults receiving domiciliary dental care: A cross-sectional retrospective study.

Autor: Allenspach P; Clinic of General-, Special Care- and Geriatric Dentistry, Center for Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Srinivasan M; Clinic of General-, Special Care- and Geriatric Dentistry, Center for Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry [Spec Care Dentist] 2024 Sep; Vol. 44 (5), pp. 1444-1455. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 14.
DOI: 10.1111/scd.13013
Abstrakt: Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the oral health of care-dependent institutionalized older adults receiving domiciliary dental care.
Methods and Results: Dental health records of institutionalized adults receiving regular domiciliary dental care were examined (observation period: 5 years). Relevant demographic and oral health information were extracted. Statistical analyses included descriptive and non-parametric tests (α = .05). Records of 398 nursing home residents (mean-age: 84.9 ± 6.4 years) were included. Average time spent by the residents in the institution was 2.8 ± 1.5 years. The mean number of teeth present and the overall DMF-T score was 14.7 ± 9.1 and 27.4 ± 6.2, respectively. The DMF-T score increased until the 3-year recall, with a significant increase in the number of decayed teeth (2-year: p = .013; 3-year: p = .010). An improvement in the residents' periodontal health was seen during the observation period but was not statistically significant.
Conclusion: The findings of this cross-sectional study confirmed that regular domiciliary dental care provision to institutionalized older adults helps maintain gingival and periodontal health. However, the incidence of dental caries might still be a problem that needs to be addressed with effective measures that improve the daily oral care provision to these older adults.
(© 2024 The Authors. Special Care in Dentistry published by Special Care Dentistry Association and Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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