Oral Health and Swallowing Problems

详细信息    查看全文

• 作者：Michiko Furuta (1)
  Yoshihisa Yamashita (1)
  
• 关键词：Tooth loss ; Denture ; Saliva ; Swallowing function ; Swallowing problems ; Dysphagia
• 刊名：Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：December 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：1
• 期：4
• 页码：216-222
• 全文大小：
• 作者单位：Michiko Furuta (1)
  Yoshihisa Yamashita (1)
  
  1. Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, Division of Oral Health, Growth and Development, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
  
• ISSN：2167-4833

文摘

Oral health impacts systemic health. Therefore, oral care is an important consideration in maintaining quality of life (QOL). Previously, maintenance and improvement of oral hygiene was considered essential for achieving oral health. In addition to oral hygiene, oral care in terms of oral function is now considered to maintain QOL. Ingestion of exogenous nutrients via the oral cavity is fundamental to the function of all higher animals, not only human beings. Chewing and swallowing processes are critical for normal food intake, and adequate saliva supply and oral care to allow proper functioning of these processes are indispensable for maintaining QOL. In this review, we will summarize the relationship between chewing and swallowing and effects of saliva secretion on these functions, and discuss methods to maintain ingestion of exogenous nutrients and prevent swallowing problems, especially in elderly people.