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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.8.5062

Effects of Professional Oral Care for Long-term Patients in Nursing Facilities on the Streptococcus mutans Population in the Intraoral Region  

Choi, Sung-Mi (Department of Dental Hygiene, Daegu Health Callege)
Kim, Gi-Ug (Department of Dental Hygiene, Pohang Callege)
Sakong, Joon (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.8, 2014 , pp. 5062-5069 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, professional oral care was provided and 3 times a day twice a week by a dental hygienist for 3 months from July 24 to October 25, 2011, to 43 long-term patients in a single nursing facility located at the city of D, and the number of mutans strepococci colonies within the saliva and the level of salivation were then analyzed after 3 samplings with an interval of 1 month to compare the intraoral conditions among the subjects and examine the effects of professional oral care on the Streptococcus mutans population in the intraoral region of long-term patients in a nursing facility. The level of salivation was elevated from 5.8 ml to 6.4 ml after one month and to 7.5mL after two months. The population of bacteria decreased from $6{\times}10^8CFU/ml$ to $3{\times}105CFU/ml$. In terms of the change in the bacterial population in accordance with systemic diseases, the patients with hypertension and diabetes showed a meaningful decrease in the population. As more dental charge and prosthesis are present, the number of bacteria decreased significantly. On account of the close relationship between a professional oral care and the population of Streptococcus mutans at the intraoral region of long-term patients in nursing facilities, various dental health programs should be researched and developed to consider the characteristics of long-term patients in nursing facilities and manage them continuously but effectively.
Keywords
Professional Oral Care; Streptococcus mutans;
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