Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Center Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Oral Surgery, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Biosci Trends. 2022 Mar 11;16(1):7-19. doi: 10.5582/bst.2022.01046. Epub 2022 Feb 21.
Oral care is defined in a narrow sense as cleaning of the teeth, oral cavity, and dentures, and in a broad sense as the maintenance of oral functions (feeding, swallowing, chewing, speech, aesthetics, etc.), dental treatment, feeding and swallowing training, and articulation training. In the past, it was recognized as simply cleaning the mouth, but the concept of oral care has gradually expanded, and many studies and surveys have been conducted in cooperation with various other professions. As a result, oral health care is involved not only in the prevention of pneumonia, but also in the onset and suppression for severity of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, some malignant tumors, cerebrovascular diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, dementia, etc. It is also a powerful supportive therapy in cancer treatment. In the terminal stages of life, oral health care can help people to maintain their dignity by continuing to consume food orally until the end of their lives, and in times of disaster, oral health care has been found to be as important as attention to deep vein thrombosis. It has also been found to be effective in preventing severe diseases such as COVID-19. And, although it has not been discussed much, it has been found to have medical and economic benefits such as reducing the duration of hospitalization and treatment costs. This article reviews the results of research to date.
口腔护理狭义上是指清洁牙齿、口腔和义齿，广义上是指维持口腔功能（进食、吞咽、咀嚼、言语、美观等）、牙科治疗、进食和吞咽训练以及发音训练。过去，它被简单地认为是清洁口腔，但口腔护理的概念已经逐渐扩大，并且已经与许多其他专业合作进行了许多研究和调查。因此，口腔保健不仅涉及预防肺炎，还涉及糖尿病、心血管疾病、某些恶性肿瘤、脑血管疾病、类风湿性关节炎、痴呆等疾病的发病和严重程度的抑制。它也是癌症治疗中的一种强大的支持性治疗方法。在生命的终末期，口腔保健可以通过继续经口进食来帮助人们保持尊严，在灾难时期，口腔保健与关注深静脉血栓一样重要。它还被发现对预防 COVID-19 等严重疾病有效。而且，尽管没有太多讨论，但已经发现它具有降低住院时间和治疗费用等医疗和经济效益。本文综述了迄今为止的研究结果。
