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. 2024 Feb 21;21(3):248.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph21030248.

Estimation of Oral Disease Burden among Older Adults in LTC: A Scoping Review

Bathsheba Turton  1 , Gheed Alqunaybit  1 , Amrita Tembhe  1 , Alaa Qari  2 , Kadambari Rawal  1 , Ernest Mandel  3 , Joseph Calabrese  1 , Michelle Henshaw  1
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Estimation of Oral Disease Burden among Older Adults in LTC: A Scoping Review

Bathsheba Turton et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Oral health is an essential part of healthy aging and very little data exists around the disease burden for older adults in a long-term care setting. The aim of this scoping review was to estimate the disease burden of dental caries, periodontal disease, and tooth loss among older adults in Long-Term Care (LTC). This scoping review was conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology. A detailed strategy was used to conduct a comprehensive search of electronic databases: PubMed, Embase, and Dentistry and Oral Sciences Source (DOSS). The Rayyan AI platform was used to screen abstracts for assessment by one of five co-investigators. Results indicate that only one in three might have a functional dentition upon entry into LTC, and among those who are dentate, most might expect to develop at least one new coronal and one new root caries lesion each year. There is a need to better document the disease experiences of this group to tailor approaches to care that might reduce the avoidable suffering as a result of dental caries and periodontal disease.

Keywords: dental caries; long-term care; periodontal disease; scoping review; tooth loss.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Description of included papers in the scoping review. Some papers were included in more than one disease category, while others inform alternative study questions outside the scope of the present paper. * Papers may have been excluded for more than one reason. ** 19 papers were included in the broader scoping review but not included in the present report. Underlined text represents subtotal counts.
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