PMID: 9168860Jun 1, 1997Paper

Oral infections in home-living elderly patients admitted to an acute geriatric ward

Journal of Dental Research
Jukka H MeurmanR Sulkava

Abstract

Little is known about the oral health of the frail and home-living elderly. The effects of dentogenic infections on the general condition of the elderly are also unknown. We therefore set out to investigate 191 elderly patients referred to an acute geriatric hospital due to sudden worsening of their general health. The patients' mean age was 81.2 +/- 6.4 years (range, 67 to 96 years), and they had lived at home before hospitalization. The patients were examined and their diagnoses set by a team of physicians. The dentist's examination was also made bedside. Panoramic x-rays were taken for those who were able to stand (n = 148). Particular attention was paid to the occurrence of dental infection foci and systemic infection parameters of blood. Only patients free from other than dental infections were included in the statistical analyses (n = 184). Panoramic x-rays revealed dentogenic infection foci in 71.1% of the dentate patients. Periodontal condition was poor in 96.2% of the patients (CPI score, 2 to 4). All infection parameters were high in patients with high periodontal treatment need, but the differences were not statistically significant. Neither were there statistically significant correlations between the number of dent...Continue Reading

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