抄録
The oral condition of 12 inpatients, who were confined to bed and had received dental treatment, were followed up for one to four years and reviewed in order to study the effects of dental maintenance. The following results were obtained.
1. Examinations (Hasegawa Method) made on dementia for four years showed aggravation in seven patients, no change in four patients including a normal patient, and marked improvement in one patient.
2. The average number of the remaining teeth at the first checkup was 9.25, while that of the teeth after the treatment was 3.75. This indicates the teeth necessary for treatments had been left untreated.
3. Clinically, the remaining teeth showed slight mobility because the teeth were combined and played the role of abutment teeth. However, three patients showed 7mm maximum pocket depth and almost all patients had the high value of the periodontal leakage from dental furrow (periodontal value over 100).
4. According to denture plaque scores (revised Tarbet method), only two patients were confirmed to have clean fixed dentures, while ten patients had worn dirty dentures.
5. Candida albicans was detected in oral mucosa in 9 patients. Three of them had levels over 3, 000CFU.
