Oral health status and treatment need of institutionalized elderly patients

Yang, Soon Bong; Moon, Hi-Soo; Han, Dae Yong; Lee, Ho Yong; Chung, Moon Kyu

doi:10.4047/jkap.2008.46.5.455

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“…Unhealthy oral conditions make it impossible to ingest various nutrients and place a burden on the gastrointestinal system to cause gastrointestinal diseases, which can affect mental health 17) . To manage the oral health of the elderly, efforts to prevent aspiration pneumonia, promote salivary secretion, and provide dietary care must be made 37) . A common characteristic of population aging in Korea and Japan is that it has been occurring much faster compared with other developed countries.…”

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Elderly Welfare System and Role of Dental Hygienists in Korea and Japan

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In accordance with the aged society, oral health care for the elderly is considered important to maintain general health. Although the role of dental hygienists is essential for proper health management of the oral cavity, research on the care system for the elderly people's oral health and on the role of dental hygienists in the field of elderly welfare is still insufficient. Hence, the aim of this study is to investigate the status of Korean elderly welfare system and dental hygienists by comparing them with those in Japan, a precedent of aged society. First, we compared and investigated the Japanese long-term insurance system, which provides an institutional basis for a long-term care system for the elderly in Korea. Second, the elderly welfare law and care system, focusing on oral care, were examined. Lastly, in elderly care, we analyzed the distinctions between Korea and Japan regarding dental hygienists' role and scope of work. Taken together, as a precedent of aged society, Japan has shown well-specialized and systematic welfare for the elderly compared with Korea. With the development of the welfare system for the elderly in Japan, the role and the work scope of dental hygienists have been expanded to improve quality of life of elderly people, as a key professional for elderly oral care. Therefore, we should perceive the need for improvement of long-term care insurance and the expansion of dental hygienists' work in Korea. In conclusion, these results could be used as basic data for improving the elderly welfare system and developing dental hygienists in Korea.

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“…Except for one participant, all others had hypertension, osteoporosis, diabetes or other illnesses. Those with general diseases such as hypertension, osteoporosis, gastrointestinal disturbance, diabetes, and cardiovascular disorders and those who take medication or are old tend to show decreased saliva flow rates and mouth dryness (Jang et al, 2006;Oh et al, 2019;Petersen and Yamamoto, 2005;Yang et al, 2008), which is found in about 30% of the elderly aged 60 and older (Jeong et al, 2006). The average age of the elderly participating in the agro-healing program of this study is 77.6±5.84, and thus saliva collection was not carried out smoothly.…”

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Psychological and Physiological Changes in the Elderly Due to Agro-healing Activities

Jang¹,

Gim²,

Jeong³

et al. 2019

J. People Plants Environ

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This study was conducted to investigate psychological and physiological changes of elderly affected by agro-healing activities. To meet the purpose, we conducted an agro-healing program with 20 elderly participants (average age 77.6±5.84 men and women) and once a week in total seven sessions. The Korean version of the Brief Encounter Psychosocial Instrument (BEPSI-K), Korean version of the Short Form of Geriatric Depression Scale (SGDS-K), participants' satisfaction with the program, Salivettes system method, and blood pressure were measured to find out the effects of agro-healing activities. BEPSI-K decreased by 5% in the high stress group although it was not statistically significant. The result of program satisfaction showed that 75% of the participants are satisfied with these activities. We investigated how many and what kind of chronic diseases the participants have had before they joined the program. As a result, hypertension was most common(35.6%), followed by hyperlipidemia, diabetes, arthritis, lumbago, osteoporosis, and heart disease. Systolic blood pressure after the activities decreased significantly from 144.75mmHg (stage 1 hypertension), to 132.90mmHg(prehypertension stage). As a result of analyzing the correlations between general matters such as age, education level, average income of the participants, psychological scale and number of diseases, it was found that participants' satisfaction had a negative correlation with depression. In conclusion, agro-healing is very useful in relieving stress or lowering blood pressure for the elderly whose most common disease is hypertension. Agro-healing activities are proved to have positive uses in reducing the problems of the modern society with severe issues of the aging population.

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“…Because alveolar bone is maintained by the functional loading of teeth, atrophic mandible is common among old edentulous patients 2 . Yang et al 3 reported a 12.7% ratio of edentulous mandible among domestic patients aged 65 and over. Mugino et al 4 reported that only 11 out of 335 mandibular fracture patients (3%) treated during the period of 19802004 had edentulous mandibular fracture, and that only 8 (2.3%) had atrophic mandible.…”

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Surgical management of edentulous/atrophic mandibular fracture: a report of two cases

Lim

Kwon

Kim

et al. 2012

J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg

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(J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg 2012;38:50-4) According to Luhr's classification, a fracture in the mandible with a width of less than 15-20 mm is considered to be an atrophic mandibular fracture and its incidence is very rare. Because of the reduced cross-sectional area and smaller contact area of the fractured ends as well as the poorly vascularized bony structure and delayed bone healing, an atrophic mandibular fracture is a great challenge for oral and maxillofacial surgeons. Surgeons tend to perform closed reduction, because open reduction is considered a non-life-saving surgery among elderly patients. Thus, most of them have limited experience in surgical management. According to recent reports, open reduction yields a good result, and the Association for Osteosynthesis (AO) group has recommended open reduction. This is a case report of our two experiences of open reduction and rigid fixation of atrophic mandibular fractures by the AO principle. Articles were also reviewed here.

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Oral health status and treatment need of institutionalized elderly patients

Cited by 30 publications

References 14 publications

Elderly Welfare System and Role of Dental Hygienists in Korea and Japan

Elderly Welfare System and Role of Dental Hygienists in Korea and Japan

Psychological and Physiological Changes in the Elderly Due to Agro-healing Activities

Surgical management of edentulous/atrophic mandibular fracture: a report of two cases

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