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KMID : 0858820080250040055
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Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
2008 Volume.25 No. 4 p.55 ~ p.65
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Dental Status and Oral Function In Some Long-term Care Elderly Patients
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Lee Yun-Hui
Yoon Hee-Jung
Lee Hee-Kyung
Lee Sung-Kook
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Abstract
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Objective: This study aims to investigate the relationship between dental status and oral function by analyzing those in some long-term care elderly patients.
Methods: It performed oral examination and 4 oromotor function examinations such as repeated swallowing function, correct pronunciation function, saliva secretion rate and maximum mouth opening to 91 elderly patents aged 65 and older in the municipal geriatric hospital located in Cheonan.
Results: Dental status of patients such as the number of dental caries, treated teeth, retained teeth and function teeth were better in mobile elderly patients than in immobile elderly patients. Attachment rate of dental plaque and the number of teeth being extracted were more in mobile patients than in immobile patients. More retained teeth, the number of function teeth and dental caries and the score in pronunciation status test were significantly higher. With more function teeth, the score in pronunciation status test was significantly higher. As saliva secretion rate is higher, repeated swallowing function was significantly better. repeated swallowing function rate is higher pronunciation status was significantly better.
Conclusions: With the results of this study, it was found that among long-term care elderly patients, oral function was worse in immobile patients than in mobile patients. Therefore, it may be necessmy to plan and perform an oral function improvement program preferentially for elderly patients requiring long-term care.
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KEYWORD
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dental status, oral function, long-term care
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