Denture Treatment and Assessment in Relation to Cognitive Functions and Activity of Daily Living in Elderly Inpatients: A Preliminary Study
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Purpose: It is not very rare for institutionalized elderly patients to be unable to adapt to a newly constructed denture prosthesis, especially those who have cognitive disorders or are bedridden. This study investigated the effect of the timing of prosthodontic intervention and cognitive disorders on the rate of denture prosthesis usage.Methods: Fifty-three subjects were selected from institutionalized edentulous elderly in a long-term care geriatric hospital in Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. For each of these subjects, data on denture treatment after admission to the hospital, usage of the denture, cognitive function, and independence in activities of daily living were collected and analyzed.Results: Among bedridden patients, the usage rate of persons who received dentures after hospitalization was 65.6%, whereas all who received dentures before hospitalization continued to use the dentures during hospitalization. Among patients with cognitive disorders, the usage rate among persons who received dentures before hospitalization was 83.3%, but among those who received dentures after hospitalization it was 22.2%.Conclusion: It was suggested that when a person with usable dentures becomes bedridden, many would continue to use them even after becoming bedridden and/or afflicted with dementia. Furthermore, dentists must carefully examine the timing of denture treatment for the elderly, especially for patients with dementia and those who are bedridden and/or with dementia.
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