Kerr Kathryn, Curl Charlotte, Geddis-Regan Andrew
Health Education England Regional Dental Adviser Workforce Transformation and Continuing Registration, Thames Valley and Wessex.
Consultant in Special Care Dentistry, Dental Care Group, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Prim Dent J. 2020 Jun;9(2):24-30. doi: 10.1177/2050168420923861.
There are over 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK and this figure is expected to rise to over a million by 2021. Increasingly, oral healthcare professionals in primary care will see more patients affected by dementia at varying stages of the disease, and it is therefore crucial that they have a basic understanding of the disease and how these patients can be managed in a primary care environment. The first article in this series of two provides a definition of dementia and describes the symptoms of the disease along with the key issues related to oral health, such as oral pain. Oral pain can have far reaching consequences, but identifying it can be problematic, particularly in the latter stages of the disease. This article will therefore cover how to diagnose pain in patients with dementia. Information is also provided about how to make dental surgeries more 'dementia friendly'.
英国有超过85万人患有痴呆症，预计到2021年这一数字将增至100多万。在初级医疗保健领域，口腔保健专业人员越来越多地会接触到处于疾病不同阶段的痴呆症患者，因此，他们对这种疾病有基本的了解以及知道如何在初级医疗保健环境中对这些患者进行管理至关重要。本系列两篇文章中的第一篇给出了痴呆症的定义，描述了该疾病的症状以及与口腔健康相关的关键问题，如口腔疼痛。口腔疼痛可能会产生深远影响，但识别它可能存在问题，尤其是在疾病后期。因此，本文将介绍如何诊断痴呆症患者的疼痛。还提供了有关如何使牙科诊所对痴呆症患者更友好的信息。
