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- Title
The effects of professional oral health care on patients in the subacute stage of emergent neurosurgical disorders.
- Authors
Mori, Chisato; Hakuta, Chiyoko; Endo, Keiko; Nariai, Tadashi; Ueno, Masayuki; Shinada, Kayoko; Kawaguchi, Yoko
- Abstract
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the effectiveness of professional oral health care (POHC) on patients who were in the subacute stage of neurosurgical disorders. Forty subjects (26 male, 14 female) with acute cerebrovascular disorders or neurotrauma were randomly divided into two groups. The intervention group (n = 21) received POHC treatment by dental hygienists, and the control group (n = 19) did not. To evaluate the change in oral health status of the subjects, an oral examination was carried out at baseline and four weeks later. For the subjects in the intervention group, periodontal condition, oral hygiene status, and oral function improved statistically significantly. The detection rate for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was statistically significantly lower in the intervention group than in the control group. These results suggest that POHC performed by dental hygienists in collaboration with nurses plays an important role in the promotion not only of oral health but also of general health.
- Subjects
DENTAL care; SUBACUTE care facilities; NEUROSURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR disease; SURGICAL diseases; PERIODONTICS; METHICILLIN-resistant staphylococcus aureus
- Publication
Special Care in Dentistry, 2012, Vol 32, Issue 6, p259
- ISSN
0275-1879
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1754-4505.2012.00278.x