ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Oral Hygiene Practice among Hospitalized Patients: An Assessment by Dental Hygiene Students.
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- Oral Health and Gut-Targeted Microbial Marker Changes Associated with Prolonged Hospitalization in Cardiac Patients: An Integrative Risk Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Oral Hygiene Practices of Hospitalized Patients in Public and Private Hospitals in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Periodontal Disease in Patients with Ischemic Stroke - an Exploratory Study.Acta stomatologica Croatica · 2024Article
- Oral health education strategies for patients living with cardiovascular disease within hospital settings: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Awareness, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Oral Healthcare among First Year Dental, Medical, and Nursing Students.Dentistry journal · 2023Article
- Clinical and Pathological Manifestation of the Oral Mucosa in Institutionalized Children from Romania.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Dental and Dental Hygiene Students' Knowledge and Capacity to Discriminate the Developmental Defects of Enamel: A Self-Submitted Questionnaire Survey.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Periodontal Disease among Patients at the Outpatient Clinic of Internal Medicine in an Academic Hospital in The Netherlands: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- The Effect of Professional Oral Care on the Oral Health Status of Critical Trauma Patients Using Ventilators.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
aimAn epidemiological study was carried out, in hospital wards, with the aim of assessing the oral health status of patients subjected to multiple medical treatments. MATERIAL AND
methodsThe study was conducted at Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo (Pavia, Italy). A questionnaire was submitted to patients for the evaluation of oral hygiene devices used; then, a clinical examination was conducted to collect Decayed Missing Filled Teeth (DMFT) index, Plaque Index (PI), and Marginal Gingival Index (MGI) values.
resultsManual toothbrushes were used by a wide range of the sample study (65-100% among hospital wards), together with mouthwash (20-80%); interproximal aids were used by few patients (the lowest recorded value was 33.3%).
conclusiondental hygienists could be integrated into hospital wards as oral hygiene procedure instructors, for the improvement of the oral health conditions of hospitalized patients.
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