Effects of Functional Oral Health Care for Lingual Functions in Elderly People Requiring Long-term Care

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  • Kikutani Takeshi
    Clinic for speech and swallowing disorders, The Nippon Dental University Hospital at Tokyo
  • Tamura Fumiyo
    Clinic for speech and swallowing disorders, The Nippon Dental University Hospital at Tokyo
  • Suda Makio
    Clinic for speech and swallowing disorders, The Nippon Dental University Hospital at Tokyo
  • Kayanaka Hisae
    Clinic for speech and swallowing disorders, The Nippon Dental University Hospital at Tokyo
  • Nishiwaki Keiko
    Clinic for speech and swallowing disorders, The Nippon Dental University Hospital at Tokyo
  • Ino Yukiko
    Clinic for speech and swallowing disorders, The Nippon Dental University Hospital at Tokyo
  • Yoshida Mitsuyoshi
    Department of Removable Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Hiroshima University
  • Hayashi Ryo
    Department of Removable Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Hiroshima University
  • Tsuga Kazuhiro
    Department of Removable Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Hiroshima University
  • Akagawa Yasumasa
    Department of Removable Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Hiroshima University
  • Adachi Mieko
    Fuchu City Public Medical Center
  • Yoneyama Takeyoshi
    Yoneyama Dental Clinic Division of General Dentistry, The Nippon Dental University Hospital at Tokyo
  • Itoh Hidetoshi
    Division of General Dentistry, The Nippon Dental University Hospital at Tokyo
  • Oishi Nobuhiko
    Division of General Dentistry, The Nippon Dental University Hospital at Tokyo
  • Inaba Shigeru
    Division of General Dentistry, The Nippon Dental University Hospital at Tokyo

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  • 機能的口腔ケアが要介護高齢者の舌機能に与える効果

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The purpose of this study was to clarify the efficacy of functional oral care for improving the lingual function of elderly people who require long term care in nursing homes. The subjects were 98 elderly resi-dents of 9 nursing homes in the Kanto and Shikoku areas of Japan. They were all ranked more than 10-points on the MMSE. They were randomly divided into 2 groups at each nursing home. One group (w/care) of 49 subjects (mean age: 80.8±8.0 years) received functional oral care, and the other group (w/o care, mean age: 82.2±7.3 years) received no oral health care. Dental hygienists gave the care to the w/care group once a week for a period of sixmonths. Assessments included the measurements of maximum lingual pressure and the RSST, and a survey of the meal type.<BR>The results demonstrated that the lingual force and meal type could be improved by oral function training. It was suggested that an improving lingual function was significantly important in maintaining or recovering feeding/swallowing functions by the group trained in oral function care.

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  • Ronen Shika Igaku

    Ronen Shika Igaku 19 (4), 300-306, 2005

    Japanese Society of Gerodontology

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