Oral diseases and conditions in community-living older adults with and without dementia

Jane M Chalmers; Knute D Carter; A John Spencer

doi:10.1111/j.1754-4505.2003.tb00283.x

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Oral diseases and conditions in community-living older adults with and without dementia

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Oral diseases and conditions in community-living older adults with and without dementia

Jane M Chalmers, Knute D Carter and A John Spencer

Special care in dentistry, Vol.23(1), pp.7-17

2003

DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2003.tb00283.x

PMID: 12887148

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Abstract

This study compared the prevalence and experiences of oral diseases and conditions, as well as tooth loss and retained root status, in community-dwelling older adults with and without dementia. Dental examinations were conducted at baseline and at one-year for randomly selected samples of 116 dentate community-living older adults with dementia and a comparable group of 116 adults without dementia. Participants with dementia had significantly higher experiences of oral diseases and conditions at baseline and one-year compared with participants without dementia: decreased use of dentures; increased prevalence of denture-related oral mucosal lesions; increased plaque accumulation; increased prevalence and experiences of coronal and root caries; and increased numbers of decayed retained tooth roots. These higher experiences of oral diseases and conditions were related to dementia severity, not to specific dementia diagnoses. Participants with dementia already had a compromised oral health status when admitted into institutional long-term care between baseline and one-year; of concern were the high plaque levels on the natural teeth of the group of institutionalized participants with dementia.

DMF Index

Dementia - classification

Cross-Sectional Studies

Follow-Up Studies

Humans

Institutionalization

Tooth Loss - classification

Dental Plaque Index

Male

Dentures - classification

Tooth Root - pathology

Mouth Diseases - classification

Statistics, Nonparametric

Aged, 80 and over

Female

Aged

Health Status

Longitudinal Studies

Tooth Diseases - classification

Dental Caries - classification

Root Caries - classification

Details

Title: Subtitle: Oral diseases and conditions in community-living older adults with and without dementia
Creators: Jane M Chalmers - Australian Research Center for Population Oral Health, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia. jane.chalmers@bigpond.com
Knute D Carter
A John Spencer
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Special care in dentistry, Vol.23(1), pp.7-17
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2003.tb00283.x
PMID: 12887148
ISSN: 0275-1879
eISSN: 1754-4505
Language: English
Date published: 2003
Academic Unit: Biostatistics
Record Identifier: 9983997464102771

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