Preventive Oral Health Programme in a Day Home for theMentally Sick

Czech version

Authors: M. Dufková
Authors‘ workplace: I. stomatologická klinika LF UP a FN, Olomouc, vedoucí kliniky doc. MUDr. J. Stejskalová, CSc.
Published in: Česká stomatologie / Praktické zubní lékařství, ročník , 2002, 1, s. 18-23
Category:

Overview

The author evaluates the effect of an oral hygiene programme in a group of 32mentally affected subjects staying in a day home. The investigation lasted two years. Theprogramme was based on repeated instructions and check ups of oral hygiene and theadministration of fluoride preparations. Repeatedly the DMF, OHI-S, CPITN indexes wereexamined. The decline of new caries was almost continuous, already after one year it declinedby 0.43 caries on average and during the subsequent year by 0.3 caries. The OHI-S valuedeclined in two years by an average of 0.76 and CPITN by 0.36. The results revealed that thepreventive programme improved significantly the hygiene of the oral cavity and reduced theincrement of dental decay.

Key words:
preventive programme – mental affection – oral hygiene – cariosity

Full text is not available online.

If interested in a scan of this journal, contact NTO ČLS JEP.

Labels

Maxillofacial surgery Orthodontics Dental medicine

Oral Manifestation of Acute Haemoblastosis

Evaluation of the Osseointegration of Inserted Enosseal One-phase Blades Two Years after Implantation

Oral Health of 18-year-old Menand Women in the Czech Republic in 2000

Myxomas of the Mandible

Maxillary Sinus Floor Elevation (Review).Part I. Maxillary sinus anatomy, surgicaltechnique and its indications

Ulcer in the Oral Cavity – Case-repord

Leakage Studies Reconsidered. A Review

Oral Health in a Group of Subjectswith Mental Defects and Combined Defects in the Czech Republic

Article was published in

Czech Dental Journal

2002 Issue 1