The oral cavity inland waters quantity measurement and the oral cavity care of the senior citizens

Abstract

It is known that most senior citizens experience drying of the oral cavity and a poor state of oral hygiene. This causes upper respiratory infection, such as pneumonia. We herein investigated the state of oral cavity drying of senior citizens for the care of an elderly welfare institution tenant of an institution which was associated with this university. I examined the changes in the dry state of the oral cavity by performing oral cavity care positively. The oral cavity inland waters quantity measurement method used an oral cavity water meter, Mucus and three times of the following was performed : 10 times a month for a total of 6 months ; the oral mucosa (cheeks mucous membrane, a tongue mucous membrane) measurements were performed once in March, 2007. In order to guide the dental hygienist, I performed oral cavity care positively from June, 2007. I recently conducted an investigation into the pneumonia of outbreak number for four years. The oral cavity inland waters quantity of the senior citizen was not much different from that of a physically unimpaired person. The change of the quantity of water was not accepted, even if I performed oral cavity care. I decreased the incidence of pneumonia in patients from 2007, the time that I initiated oral cavity care. Based on the above findings, the utility of the above descrived oral cavity care method for the senior citizen is therefore expected.