Lupi Saturnino Marco, Pascadopoli Maurizio, Maiorani Carolina, Preda Camilla, Trapani Benedetto, Chiesa Alessandro, Esposito Francesca, Scribante Andrea, Butera Andrea
Unit of Oral Surgery and Implantology, Section of Dentistry, Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Unit of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Section of Dentistry, Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Jan 6;10(1):115. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10010115.
An epidemiological study was carried out, in hospital wards, with the aim of assessing the oral health status of patients subjected to multiple medical treatments.
The study was conducted at Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo (Pavia, Italy). A questionnaire was submitted to patients for the evaluation of oral hygiene devices used; then, a clinical examination was conducted to collect Decayed Missing Filled Teeth (DMFT) index, Plaque Index (PI), and Marginal Gingival Index (MGI) values.
Manual toothbrushes were used by a wide range of the sample study (65-100% among hospital wards), together with mouthwash (20-80%); interproximal aids were used by few patients (the lowest recorded value was 33.3%).
dental hygienists could be integrated into hospital wards as oral hygiene procedure instructors, for the improvement of the oral health conditions of hospitalized patients.
在医院病房开展一项流行病学研究，旨在评估接受多种药物治疗的患者的口腔健康状况。
该研究在意大利帕维亚的圣马泰奥综合医院基金会（Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo）进行。向患者发放问卷以评估其使用的口腔卫生用品；然后进行临床检查，收集龋失补牙指数（DMFT）、菌斑指数（PI）和边缘龈指数（MGI）值。
样本研究中的大部分患者（医院病房中65%-100%）使用手动牙刷，同时还有20%-80%的患者使用漱口水；很少有患者使用牙间隙清洁辅助工具（记录到的最低值为33.3%）。
牙科保健员可作为口腔卫生程序指导员融入医院病房，以改善住院患者的口腔健康状况。
