ReviewBritish dental journal2017
Evidence summary: the relationship between oral health and pulmonary disease.
Review in British dental journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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53 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 113 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Discontinuation of dental care and systemic diseases of persons in need of long-term home care - an observational study from the InSEMaP project with German health insurance claims data.BMC geriatrics · 2026Observational
- Assessment of Salivary Parameters-pH, Buffering Capacity and Flow-Associated with Caries Susceptibility.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Oral health in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: are physicians prepared to integrate it into routine care?Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Factors associated with nurses' challenges in providing oral care at Oulu University Hospital, Finland.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Epidemiology of oral health in older adults aged 65 or over: prevalence, risk factors and prevention.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Review
- Impact of Three Types of Mouthwash: "Colistin and Chlorhexidine," "Tobramycin and Chlorhexidine," and "Chlorhexidine Alone" in Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in ICU Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Advanced biomedical research · 2025Article
- Disadvantage starts early: academy football has high levels of oral disease.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2025Article
- Self-perceived general health and its impact on oral health in the U.S. adult population: NHANES 2015-2018.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
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- Evaluation of oral health among people with multimorbidity in the marginalized population of Karachi, Pakistan: A multicenter cross-sectional study.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2024Article
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- Improving oral health of older adults for healthy ageing.Journal of dental sciences · 2024Review
- [ModifiedRevista espanola de salud publica · 2023Observational
- Prevalence of oral complications in the course of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection under mechanical non-invasive ventilation.European journal of medical research · 2023Article
- The knowledge-to-action process model for knowledge translation in oral care in South Africa.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2023Article
- The mouth and oral health in the field of dementia.Health (London, England : 1997) · 2023Article
- Characterization of oral bacterial and fungal microbiome in recovered COVID-19 patients.BMC microbiology · 2023Article
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7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Introduction This paper is the second of four reviews exploring the relationships between oral health and general medical conditions, in order to support teams within Public Health England, health practitioners and policymakers.Aim This review aimed to explore the most contemporary evidence on whether poor oral health and pulmonary disease occurs in the same individuals or populations, to outline the nature of the relationship between these two health outcomes, and discuss the implication of any findings for health services and future research.Methods The work was undertaken by a group comprising consultant clinicians from medicine and dentistry, trainees, public health, and academics. The methodology involved a streamlined rapid review process and synthesis of the data.Results The results identified a number of systematic reviews of medium to high quality which provide evidence that oral health and oral hygiene habits have an impact on incidence and outcomes of lung diseases, such as pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in people living in the community and in long-term care facilities. The findings are discussed in relation to the implications for service and future research.Conclusion The cumulative evidence of this review suggests an association between oral and pulmonary disease, specifically COPD and pneumonia, and incidence of the latter can be reduced by oral hygiene measures such as chlorhexidine and povidone iodine in all patients, while toothbrushing reduces the incidence, duration, and mortality from pneumonia in community and hospital patients.
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