Effects of professional oral health care on elderly: randomized trial

Abstract

The short-term professional oral health care can improve oral conditions in the elderly.

Clinical practice guidelines for recall and maintenance of patients with tooth-borne and implant-borne dental restorations

“…Therefore, a set of CPGs was created for each type of restoration comprising (1) patient recall, (2) professional maintenance, and (3) at-home maintenance. The CPGs are presented in Table 3 for tooth-borne restorations [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] and Table 4 for implant-borne restorations. [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50] For tooth-borne restorations, the professional maintenance and at-home maintenance CPGs were subdivided for removable and fixed restorations.…”

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Recall and Maintenance of Patients with Tooth‐Borne and Implant‐Borne Dental Restorations

“…Therefore, a set of CPGs was created for each type of restoration comprising (1) patient recall, (2) professional maintenance, and (3) at‐home maintenance. The CPGs are presented in Table for tooth‐borne restorations and Table for implant‐borne restorations . For tooth‐borne restorations, the professional maintenance and at‐home maintenance CPGs were subdivided for removable and fixed restorations.…”

A Systematic Review of Recall Regimen and Maintenance Regimen of Patients with Dental Restorations. Part 1: Tooth‐Borne Restorations

“…Five studies (all RCTs) reported on professional interventions (oral hygiene instruction or oral hygiene intervention) that demonstrated improvement of oral health outcomes. Zenthöfer et al and Morino et al independently conducted studies in nursing homes on partially edentulous patients with both natural teeth and partial RDPs and concluded that professional oral health intervention (including professional cleaning of teeth and dentures and manual brushing by hygienists) significantly improved oral health conditions in the elderly. Two additional RCTs by De Visschere et al and van der Putten et al also conducted in nursing home settings on partially edentulous patients showed that implementation of an oral hygiene instruction program was more effective than a nonsupervised program in improved oral health conditions in the elderly.…”

“…Each requires careful planning, meticulous coordination of care, and a long‐term partnership with the patient to maintain an enduring result. This includes an appropriate patient recall regimen, professional maintenance, as well as at‐home maintenance . Although the dentist and patient share the mutual goal of esthetic and enduring treatment, the options and relative merits of maintenance protocols to predictably achieve stable results are lacking.…”

“…Maintenance of tooth‐borne restorations has become more important in dentistry as a higher percentage of patients are retaining more of their dentition, our society is aging, and more patients are receiving complex dental procedures. With age‐associated loss of tooth structure, an oral environment often altered from medication‐induced xerostomia, and with consideration of both functionally related quality of life and implications of financial burden, the need for maintenance programs for individuals with tooth‐borne restorations is compelling …”