Relationships between Oral Health Management and Systemic Health

Dear Colleagues,

Oral health management first attracted attention as a supportive therapy for cancer treatment and has been actively promoted internationally. Previous clinical studies have shown that professional oral hygiene care can reduce many oral adverse events—mainly oral mucositis, pneumonia and wound infections—the treatment of cancer. Additionally, periodontal disease is a very common oral bacterial infection leading to tooth loss, and this also causes many systemic diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, cerebral infarction, dementia, etc.

Interventions in feeding and swallowing rehabilitation and nutritional management are also important in oral health management. We believe that the close collaboration between medical and dental professionals is a very important factor in determining the quality of oral health management.

This Topical Collection will focus on various aspects of oral health management, such as: (1) oral health management as supportive oncology, (2) perioperative oral health management for the prevention of post-operative complications and improved prognosis of the systemic disease, (3) evidence for mechanisms that may link periodontal diseases and systemic diseases, (4) approaches to oral health management for preventing flails (oral flail) in elderly persons, and (5) the development of devices or assessment tools to improve oral health management. The overall perception of current oral health management strategies will also be discussed.

Prof. Dr. Yuji Kabasawa
Collection Editor

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