ArticleJournal of dental sciences2025
The relationship between pneumonia and dental visits in patients with cerebral palsy: A nationwide registry-based cohort study in Taiwan.
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- Risk of deep vein thrombosis in patients with periodontitis: A nationwide population-based cohort study in Taiwan.Journal of dental sciences · 2026Article
- Risk of pneumonia and mortality after routine dental scaling in patients with moderate-to-severe cerebral palsy: A nationwide cohort study.Journal of dental sciences · 2026Article
- Association between dental scaling and the lower risk of oral cancer: A population-based nested case-control study.Journal of dental sciences · 2025Article
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Background/purpose: In general, improving oral health can reduce the risk of pneumonia. The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to investigate the risk of pneumonia between cerebral palsy (CP) cohort and non-CP cohort as well as the association of pneumonia with the number of dental visits in CP patients in Taiwan. Materials and methods: We identified 10,544 patients who were diagnosed with CP between 2010 and 2019 from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. 63,264 individuals who had never been diagnosed with CP were captured and matched in a 6:1 ratio. Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was adopted to assess the hazard ratio (HR) of pneumonia between CP cohort and non-CP cohort. Results: Our findings demonstrated that CP cohort had 2.619-fold risk for pneumonia as compared with non-CP cohort after adjustment (95 % CI = 2.574-2.813, Conclusion: Taken together, CP patients had a higher risk of pneumonia. Dental visits are beneficial for preventing the risk of pneumonia in CP patients. The patients with CP should receive regular dental checkup.
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