Study aims: The primary aim is to identify influencing variables on oral hygiene / oral health and bite force in patients with dementia.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
120
* test group will receive an dental hygiene program for one year * control group will remain with dental hygiene regime like done before study participation (maximum of two dental hygiene Treatments per year)
* test group will receive physiotherapy with the aim of increasing muscle strength in chewing muscles for 3 months * control group will remain without such training
Clinic of General, Special Care and Geriatric Dentistry
Zurich, Switzerland
RECRUITINGOral Health (dental examination)
Decayed, Missing, Filled - Index (dmf/t)
Time frame: 1 year
Chewing function I (examination with force gauge meter)
Bite Force (Bite Force Meter in Newton)
Time frame: 1 year
Nutrition I (questionnaire/ assessment of nutritional state)
Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) (Malnutrition present? yes/no/at risk)
Time frame: 1 year
Nutrition II (examination for weight and body-size)
Body Mass Index (BMI) (normal weight / under-weight / over-weight)
Time frame: 1 year
Chewing function II (two-coloured chewing gum to test efficacy)
Chewing Efficacy (chew two-coloured chewing gum 20 times, visual and optoelectronic evaluation)
Time frame: 1 year
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