The relationship between oral frailty and oral dysbiosis among hospitalized patients aged older than 50 years

Yen-Chin Chen, En Ni Ku, Pei Fang Tsai, Che Wei Lin, Nai-Ying Ko, Shun Te Huang, Jiun-Ling Wang, Yi-Ching Yang

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Objective: This study aimed to clarify the relationship between oral frailty and oral dysbiosis among hospitalized patients aged ≥ 50 years. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted. Number of teeth, masticatory ability, articulatory oral motor skill, tongue pressure, swallowing pressure, and choking were used to assess oral frailty. Saliva samples were collected from the oral cavity for bacterial culture. Results: A total 103 in patients enrolled and 53.4% suffered from oral frailty. Oral frailty was found to have a 3.07-fold correlation with the presence of Enterobacterales in the oral cavity (p = 0.037), especially in poor articulatory oral motor skill, which showed at greater risk of Enterobacterales isolated from the oral cavity by 5.58-fold (p = 0.01). Conclusion: Half of hospitalized patients was found to have oral frailty that was related to more Enterobacterales in the oral cavity. This evidence suggests that the enhancement of articulatory oral motor skills may serve as a potential strategy for mitigating the presence of Enterobacterales within the oral cavity.

原文English
文章編號e890
期刊Clinical and Experimental Dental Research
10
發行號3
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 2024 6月

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 一般牙醫學

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