Trial reportClinical interventions in aging2020
Effects of Domiciliary Professional Oral Care for Care-Dependent Elderly in Nursing Homes - Oral Hygiene, Gingival Bleeding, Root Caries and Nursing Staff's Oral Health Knowledge and Attitudes.
Trial report in Clinical interventions in aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05335239 (Domiciliary Professional Cleaning for Care Dependent Older Adults - A Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Domiciliary Professional Cleaning for Care Dependent Older Adults - A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- Caries prevention in permanent teeth - basic recommendations of the German S 3 guideline.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Guideline
- The impact of professional oral health care on the oral health of older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2024Pooled it
- Professional oral health care prevents mouth-lung infection in long-term care homes: a systematic review.Canadian journal of dental hygiene : CJDH = Journal canadien de l'hygiene dentaire : JCHD · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy of an oral hygiene intervention on a geriatric ward: from sample size calculation to dropout-driven disillusionment - a randomised controlled study.BMC oral health · 2025Trial
- Improving the Oral Health of Older People in Care Homes: Results From a Randomised Feasibility Study.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2025Trial
- Association between periodontal and geriatric health: a cross-sectional study.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Article
- Oral Health Status and Dental Care Needs Among Long-Term Care Facility Residents in Warsaw: A Cross-Sectional Study.Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- Periodontitis and Parkinson's disease: a narrative review of associations, proposed mechanisms, and clinical considerations.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Review
- Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Local Bone Grafting Combined with Implant Restoration in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Partial Edentulism.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry · 2026Article
- Identifying subtypes of functional dentition in older adults: a population-based regression and latent class analysis.Clinical oral investigations · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitude and practice towards oral health in parents and teachers of kindergarten students: a cross-sectional survey.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Oral health implications in Parkinson's disease.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2025Review
- Link between caries, periodontitis, and pregnancy: The role of personalized oral hygiene.World journal of clinical cases · 2025Article
- Tooth morbidity and its impact on oral related quality of life in elderly tribal population-The Irula experience.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Analysis of trends and disparities in domiciliary dental care distribution in Taiwan from 2018 to 2023.Journal of dental sciences · 2025Article
- Geriatric Oral Health and Quality of Life Among the Indigenous Irula Tribes of Tamil Nadu.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2024Article
- Home Care for the Elderly: An Integrated Approach to Perception, Quality of Life, and Cognition.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Oral health assessment in institutionalized elderly: a scoping review.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Estimation of Oral Disease Burden among Older Adults in LTC: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Oral health education strategies for patients living with cardiovascular disease within hospital settings: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeThe primary aim was to describe the effects for nursing home residents of monthly professional cleaning and individual oral hygiene instruction provided by registered dental hygienists (RDHs), in comparison with daily oral care as usual. The secondary aim was to study the knowledge and attitudes among nursing staff regarding oral health care and needs. PATIENTS AND
methodsIn this randomised controlled trial (RCT), 146 residents were recruited from nine nursing homes in Regions of Stockholm and Sörmland and were randomly assigned (on nursing home level) to either intervention group (I; n=72) or control group (C; n=74). Group I received monthly professional cleaning, individual oral hygiene instructions and information given by an RDH. Group C proceeded with daily oral care as usual (self-performed or nursing staff-assisted). Oral health-related data was registered with the mucosal-plaque score index (MPS), the modified sulcus bleeding index (MSB), and root caries. The nursing staff's attitudes and knowledge were analysed at baseline and at six-month follow-up. Statistical analysis was performed by Fisher's exact test and two-way variance analysis (ANOVA).
resultsImprovements were seen in both Group I and Group C concerning MPS, MSB and active root caries. The nursing staff working with participants in Group I showed significant improvements regarding the Nursing Dental Coping Beliefs Scale (DCBS) in two of four dimensions, oral health care beliefs (p=0.0331) and external locus of control (p=0.0017) compared with those working with Group C. The knowledge-based questionnaire showed improvement (
conclusionMonthly professional oral care, combined with individual oral health care instructions, seems to improve oral hygiene and may reduce root caries among nursing home residents. This may also contribute to a more positive attitude regarding oral hygiene measures among nursing home staff, as compared with daily oral care as usual.
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