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ArticleHealth services insights2021

Impact of Poor Oral Health on Community-Dwelling Seniors: A Scoping Review.

Rana Badewy, Harkirat Singh, Carlos Quiñonez, Sonica Singhal

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Article in Health services insights, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. 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 · 2023
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  4. Oral Health Promotion under the 8020 Campaign in Japan-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  10. Prevalence of oral mucosal lesions among geriatric dental patients in Egypt: A cross-sectional study.Journal of dental research, dental clinics, dental prospects · 2025
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  18. Recommendations for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections in nursing homes.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rana BadewyFaculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Harkirat SinghPublic Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3031-3529
Carlos QuiñonezFaculty of Dentistry, Director of Graduate Program in Dental Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Sonica SinghalFaculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
University of Toronto · CAPublic Health Ontario · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this scoping review was to determine health-related impacts of poor oral health among community-dwelling seniors. Using MeSH terms and keywords such as elderly, general health, geriatrics, 3 electronic databases-Medline, CINAHL, and Age Line were searched. Title and abstracts were independently screened by 3 reviewers, followed by full-texts review. A total of 131 articles met our inclusion criteria, the majority of these studies were prospective cohort (77%, n = 103), and conducted in Japan (42 %, n = 55). These studies were categorized into 16 general health outcomes, with mortality (24%, n = 34), and mental health disorders (21%, n = 30) being the most common outcomes linked with poor oral health. 90% (n = 120) of the included studies reported that poor oral health in seniors can subsequently lead to a higher risk of poor general health outcomes among this population. Improving access to oral healthcare services for elderly can help not only reduce the burden of oral diseases in this population group but also address the morbidity and mortality associated with other general health diseases and conditions caused due to poor oral health. Findings from this study can help identify shortcomings in existing oral healthcare programs for elderly and develop future programs and services to improve access and utilization of oral care services by elderly.

Indexed as

Agingchronic diseasescommunity-dwellingelderlygeneral healthmortalityoral healthquality of life

Identifiers

PMID33597810
PMCPMC7841244
OpenAlexW3125476742

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