Order-made Oral Care for the elderly based on an Assessment of their Independence and Oral Condition

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Recently, the influences of oral micro-organisms on various systemic diseases have been clarified, suggesting the importance of oral care. In our previous study, we proposed a new classification with 9 categories of oral care needs for the elderly according to the degree of independence and the oral condition. In order to ensure safe and effective oral care of the dependent elderly even by carers or patients'family, we presented a new electrical oral brush with an automatic liquid supply/suction system (Dent. ERAC 910: LION DENTAL PRODUCTS). In addition, order-made oral care methods for each category were designed, and these methods were matched to the various categories. The effects of the care methods were microbiologically evaluated.<BR>The purpose of this study was twofold: firstly to evaluate the effect of a newly developed electrical oral mucosa brush with automatic liquid supply/suction system, and secondly to evaluate a chemical and physical denture cleaning technique The purpose of the brush and the cleaning technique was to establish an effective oral care method for the edentate dependent elderly with dentures. The number of Candida, as a parameter of oral hygiene, detected from the tongue, alveolar crest and dentures decreased with cleaning during a period of 5 days, with a statistical difference by ANOVA, suggesting the importance of daily cleaning of oral mucosa and dentures.
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