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Study on oral rehabilitation for the aged who need care, focusing on prophylactic treatment against infection

Research Project

Project/Area Number 11671939
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 補綴理工系歯学
Research InstitutionKYUSHU UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

OKIMOTO Kimie  Faculty of Dentistry, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, Assoc.Prof., 大学院・歯学研究院, 助教授 (00037532)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MATSUO Kouichi  Faculty of Dentistry, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, Assis.Prof., 大学院・歯学研究院, 助手 (30229421)
TERADA Yoshihiro  Faculty of Dentistry, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, Prof., 大学院・歯学研究院, 教授 (30038898)
村井 久仁子  九州大学, 歯学部, 助手 (70243954)
Project Period (FY) 1999 – 2000
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2000)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Keywordsagainst infection / aged people who need care / oral candidiasis / miconasole gel / oral care
Research Abstract

Oral rehabilitation is based on "oral care" such as oral hygiene and oral treatment to improve the functions. It includes not only proshodontic treatment with denture and dental cleaning but also continuous treatment to examine and improve oral functions including management for general conditions and. Providers for oral rehabilitation are doctors, care-providers and people who support care. Education of these people and cooperative understanding among them are the key in oral care.
Intractable deglutition pneumonia is a life-threatening disease for the aged people who need care. One of the factors leading to the disease may be invasion of indigonous bacteria in the mouth into the lung. Therefore, gastrointestinal candidiasis including oral candidiasis may influence the general conditions in the aged people who need care. In addition to oral care, establishment of adequate treatment and the prophylaxis against oral candidiasis is the challenge in the future. In the present study, the ag … More ed inpatients with denture-induced stomatitis were orally treated with an antibacterial agent, 2% miconasole get (Florid) to study the dose, the treatment frequency and the clinical efficacy. The subjects were 23 inpatients who received treatment at a dental department affiliated to a geriatric hospital in Kasuya-county, Fukuoka Prefecture. All patients were clinically suspected of having oral mycosis, which was confirmed by culture analysis. The standard dose of miconasole (10g/day) for two weeks (Treatment 1) was effective in a moment. Mostly, however, the bacteria colony returned to that before treatment within three to four weeks after the treatment. This treatment should be discussed again. In contrast, 2.5g/day of miconasole get for three weeks (Treatment 2) was effective in patients with bacterial colony less than 104 and the efficacy continued at least for one month even after the withdrawal of treatment. However, the Treatment 2 was less effective in the patients with bacterial colony over 105. From these findings, such patients should receive Treatment 1 and then Treatment 2, and for patients who had candidiasis, medication should be done on a regular basis. In addition, long-term medical treatment should be future studied. Less

Report

(3 results)
  • 2000 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1999 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1999-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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