ArticleJDR clinical and translational research2021
Removable Denture Wearing as a Risk Predictor for Pneumonia Incidence and Time to Event in Older Adults.
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- Association between removable prosthesis-wearing and pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2024Pooled it
- Anti-biofilm effectiveness of protocols for cleaning complete dentures in hospitalized patients: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of applied oral science : revista FOB · 2024Trial
- Denture-associated oral microbiome in dentate and edentulous older adults living in long-term care facilities.Journal of oral microbiology · 2026Article
- Effect of Immersion in Quaternary Ammonium Methacryloxy Silane Mixed Monomer on the Mechanical Properties and Antibacterial Activity of a 3D-Printed Urethane Dimethacrylate Denture Base Resin.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2025Article
- Metagenomic analysis of the denture-associated oral microbiome in patients with denture stomatitis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Oral Health Related Factors Predicting Severe COVID-19 Disease in Elderly Swedes.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Spatial and temporal dynamic changes of oral microbiome in removable partial denture wearers: a longitudinal study using full-length 16S rRNA sequencing.Journal of oral microbiology · 2025Article
- Attachment of Respiratory Pathogens andJournal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Considering the Vulnerable Populations of Young and Old.JDR clinical and translational research · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionOlder adults are more susceptible to a common respiratory infection: pneumonia. Nearly 1 million older adults per year are hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia in the United States.
objectiveTo examine whether wearing removable dentures are associated with an increased risk of pneumonia incidence in a geriatric population.
methodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study among patients >65 y of age within a large academic health system (University of Rochester Medical Center). The medical and dental electronic records from 2010 to 2018 were reviewed and used for data collection. The exposure was removable denture wearing. The main outcome variables were the incidence of pneumonia and time to event of pneumonia. A Cox proportional hazards regression was used to examine the association between pneumonia onset and wearing removable dentures, adjusting for demographics, socioeconomic status, and medical and dental conditions.
resultsA total of 2,364 patients were included, with 1,189 (50.29%) in the denture-wearing group and 1,175 (49.70%) in the non-denture wearing group. The annual pneumonia incidence rate per 100,000 persons was 1,191 in the denture-wearing group and 128 per 100,000 persons in the non-denture wearing group, with a crude incidence rate ratio of 9.33 (95% CI, 5.41 to 18.81;
conclusionsWearing removable dentures was found to be a risk predictor for pneumonia incidence among the geriatric population even after accounting for other risk factors. KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER STATEMENT: Wearing removable dentures was found to be a risk predictor of pneumonia incidence among older adults. Although the current study does not imply a causal relationship between denture wearing and pneumonia, clinicians and older patients could reference the study results when choosing dental prostheses to restore missing teeth.
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