Oral Health in Nursing Home Residents—Preliminary Results of an Exploratory Cross-Sectional Pilot Study †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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MMSE, mean (range) | 13.1 (2–22) |
Gender, n (%) | |
Female | 7 (77.8%) |
Male | 2 (22.2%) |
Age in years, mean (range) | 83.4 (74–92) |
Education level, (n) | Basic education (9) |
Number of medical conditions, mean (range) | 4.4 (3–6) |
Number of medications, mean (range) | 6.1 (1–10) |
Prevalence of edentulism (%) | 22.2 |
Number of remaining teeth among dentate patients | |
1–9 (%) | 22.2 |
10–19 (%) | 22.2 |
20 or more (%) | 33.3 |
DMFT index, mean (range) | 22.1 (16–32) |
No. Decayed Teeth (DT), n | 32 |
No. Missing Teeth (MT), n | 111 |
No. Filled Teeth (FT), n | 12 |
Oral hygiene frequency, n (%) | |
Never | 0 (0) |
Once a day | 4 (44.4) |
More than once a day | 3 (33.3) |
Presence of erosion lesions, n (%) | |
No signs of erosion | 2 (22.2) |
Enamel lesion | 2 (22.2) |
Dentinal lesion | 2 (22.2) |
Pulp involvement | 0 (0) |
Presence of oral mucosal alterations, n (%) | 5 (55.6) |
Wearing a removable dental prosthesis (%) | |
Yes | 22.2 |
No | 77.8 |
SXI-5, mean (range) | 9 (5–13) |
Intervention urgency | |
No treatment needed | 0 (0) |
Preventive or routine treatment needed | 3 (33.3) |
Prompt treatment including scaling needed | 3 (33.3) |
Immediate (urgent) treatment needed | 2 (22.2) |
Referred for comprehensive evaluation | 1 (11.1) |
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Lopes, J.P.; Sousa-Catita, D.; Mascarenhas, P.; Fonseca, J.; Evangelista, J.G. Oral Health in Nursing Home Residents—Preliminary Results of an Exploratory Cross-Sectional Pilot Study. Med. Sci. Forum 2023, 22, 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/msf2023022008
Lopes JP, Sousa-Catita D, Mascarenhas P, Fonseca J, Evangelista JG. Oral Health in Nursing Home Residents—Preliminary Results of an Exploratory Cross-Sectional Pilot Study. Medical Sciences Forum. 2023; 22(1):8. https://doi.org/10.3390/msf2023022008
Chicago/Turabian StyleLopes, Joana Pombo, Diogo Sousa-Catita, Paulo Mascarenhas, Jorge Fonseca, and José Grillo Evangelista. 2023. "Oral Health in Nursing Home Residents—Preliminary Results of an Exploratory Cross-Sectional Pilot Study" Medical Sciences Forum 22, no. 1: 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/msf2023022008