Oral Management and the Role of Dental Hygienists in Convalescent Rehabilitation

Abstract

Oral management is an important, yet often neglected, part of rehabilitation medicine. Oral problems and poor oral health affect the decline in oral function resulting from aging and disease, lifestyle-related oral diseases, and frailty. 1) Furthermore, the quality of life related to oral hygiene among nursing home residents in Germany was found to be significantly impaired. 2) In recent years, as interest in oral management as part of rehabilitation has increased, new concepts, such as oral frailty, 3) oral sarcopenia, 4) and hospital-related oral problems, 5) have been proposed.

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