Kim Yesel, Jun Mi-Kyoung
Department of Dental Hygiene, Jeonju Kijeon College, Jeonju, Korea.
Department of Dental Hygiene, Dongnam Health University, Suwon, Korea.
J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Dec 31;50(6):333-342. doi: 10.5125/jkaoms.2024.50.6.333.
The aim of this study was to evaluate oral hygiene using quantitative light-induced fluorescence (QLF) and to compare its results with those of oral examination to determine the applicability of QLF technology for assessing oral health status and oral hygiene in intensive care unit (ICU) patients.
We analyzed oral health status, oral examination findings, oral hygiene evaluations using QLF technology, and dry mouth in a sample of 70 hospitalized ICU patients. The relationship between oral hygiene assessments using QLF technology and oral examinations was analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients.
The average participant age was 62.16 years, and the average ICU hospitalization period was 144.94 days. Oral hygiene assessments based on QLF and examination showed a significant positive correlation with the red fluorescence intensity of oral biofilm and number of teeth requiring extraction.
Oral hygiene evaluations of hospitalized ICU patients using QLF technology were confirmed and classified based on the red fluorescence intensity of oral biofilm. Increases in red fluorescence intensity and distribution area were correlated with the number of teeth requiring extraction.
本研究旨在使用定量光诱导荧光（QLF）评估口腔卫生状况，并将其结果与口腔检查结果进行比较，以确定QLF技术在评估重症监护病房（ICU）患者口腔健康状况和口腔卫生方面的适用性。
我们分析了70例住院ICU患者样本的口腔健康状况、口腔检查结果、使用QLF技术进行的口腔卫生评估以及口干情况。使用Pearson相关系数分析了使用QLF技术进行的口腔卫生评估与口腔检查之间的关系。
参与者的平均年龄为62.16岁，平均ICU住院时间为144.94天。基于QLF和检查的口腔卫生评估与口腔生物膜的红色荧光强度和需要拔除的牙齿数量呈显著正相关。
使用QLF技术对住院ICU患者进行的口腔卫生评估基于口腔生物膜的红色荧光强度得到了证实和分类。红色荧光强度和分布面积的增加与需要拔除的牙齿数量相关。
