The influence of oral health status on speech intelligibility, articulation and quality of life of older community-dwelling people.

Objective: To investigate the impact of the oral health status on speech intelligibility, articulation and quality of life of older community-dwelling people.

Background: To our knowledge, there have been no studies on this topic in patients aged 75 years or older.

Material And Methods: Thirty outpatients of a university dental clinic (median [IQR] age of 77.