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Association between oral hypofunction and general health: a systematic review
BackgroundOral hypofunction comprises 7 oral function conditions, including mastication, swallowing, pronouncing, oral hygiene, and oral dryness....
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Assessment of oral hypofunction and its association with age among Korean community-dwelling older adults
BackgroundDue to the increasing proportion of older adults in Korea and growing interest in aging, the concepts of oral aging and oral hypofunction...
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Relationship between oral hypofunction and salivary biomarkers in older adults: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundOral health problems have increased among older adults. Oral hypofunction is characterized by seven signs and symptoms: oral uncleanness,...
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Effects of various prosthetic methods for patients with Kennedy Class I partial edentulism on oral hypofunction, subjective symptoms, and oral health-related quality of life
PurposeThis propensity score matching, multicenter, cross-sectional study was performed to examine the effects of various prosthetic methods for...
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Prevalence of frailty and its association with oral hypofunction in older adults: a gender perspective
BackgroundPrevious studies have indicated an association between oral hypofunction and frailty in community-dwelling older adults. However, this...
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Salivary Hypofunction and Xerostomia
Dry mouth is the most common salivary-related presenting complaint. It can be subjective, termed xerostomia, or objective, termed salivary...
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Comparison of oral hypofunction tests and determination of reference values for a subjective masticatory function test
BackgroundIn Japan, oral hypofunction has been recognized as a disease since 2018. An alternative to occlusal force testing for assessing oral...
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Oral Complications of Cancer Therapy
Contemporary cancer treatments include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and targeted cancer therapies. Oral complications are common; may be...
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Radiotherapy and the Oral Cavity
Radiotherapy plays a vital role in the management of head and neck cancer (HNC). Despite novel techniques reducing damage to healthy tissues, most...
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Oral frailty: a concept analysis
BackgroundOral frailty has become a worldwide problem among older adults. Although researchers have conducted various studies on oral frailty, its...
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Oral Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation has evolved as a curative therapy for haematological malignancies, bone marrow failure, immune deficiencies...
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Self– reported oral health and oral health– related quality of life among patients with diabetes mellitus in a tertiary health facility
BackgroundConsidering the inter-relationship between Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and oral tissues, assessment of oral health status in relation to...
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Oral medicine considerations for the older patient
With the proportion of the world population aged over 60 years expected to nearly double to 22% by 2050, health care professionals are faced with the...
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Factors associated with age-related changes in oral diadochokinesis and masticatory function in healthy old adults
BackgroundThis cross–sectional study aimed to identify factors associated with age-related changes in masticatory performance (MP) and oral...
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Oral Medicine in Older People
Oral medicine in the UK is concerned with the oral health care of patients with chronic, recurrent and medically related disorders of the mouth and...
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Complex interplay of oral health, muscle and bone metabolism, and frailty in older individuals
ObjectivesTo investigate molecular and clinical background of associations among oral health, muscle and bone metabolism, and frailty incidence in...
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Trehalose versus carboxymethylcellulose oral spray for relieving radiation-induced xerostomia in head and neck cancer patients: a randomized controlled trial
BackgroundThe aim of this study was to investigate the effect of trehalose oral spray to relieve radiation-induced xerostomia on a randomized...
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Epidemiology and risk factors of oral frailty among older people: an observational study from China
ObjectivesThis study aimed to compare the prevalence of oral frailty among community-dwelling older people in Nan**g, China with the usage of...
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Oral health outcomes in an HIV cohort with comorbidities- implementation roadmap for a longitudinal prospective observational study
BackgroundLong-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) perpetually suppresses HIV load and has dramatically altered the prognosis of HIV infection, such...
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Metabolic syndrome and masticatory hypofunction: a cross-sectional study
The objective of this paper is to clarify the rate of abdominal obesity (AO), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), metabolic syndrome (MetS) and determine...
