A Study Measuring the Effects of Oral Health Care at Nursing Homes

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  • 特別養護老人ホームにおける口腔のケアの効果測定の研究

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This study was undertaken to clarify the effects of oral health care by dental hygienists. The subjects were 50 residents of two nursing homes. An evaluation of the effects of oral health care advice on CPI, BOP, OHI, GI, colony-forming unit of Lactobacilli, Mutans streptococci and Candida was made. Over a 3 month period the oral health care routine was performed once a month. The relationship between the frequency of the oral health care routine and the contents of the oral health care routine to the oral status was calculated. The oral health care routine was divided into four stages I tooth cleaning, tongue cleaning, advising about tooth cleaning, and advising about tongue cleaning. The results are summarized as follows: 1. The time spent on advice about tooth cleaning influenced improvement in the Gingival Index at an odds ratio of 5.94 (p<0.05). 2. The time spent on tongue cleaning influenced improvement in Candida at an odds ratio of 4.98 (p<0.05). From these findings, we concluded that over the 3 month period, a once mouthly advice session was effective for an the improvement in both the Gingival Index and in Candida.

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