Effects of oral health care on salivary flow rate in patients with type 2 diabetes: preliminary study.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of the authors' oral health care program on the stimulated whole salivary flow rate and buffer capacity before and after a 6-month intervention. The authors conducted the intervention study among 25 participants with diabetes. The salivary flow rate and buffer capacity were evaluated before and after this intervention.

[Effect of oral health care program on the oral function of the elderly].

In order to prepare a new prevention program under the long term care insurance from the fiscal year 2006, we have organized an oral health care program for the elderly in a town of Kagoshima prefecture. We conducted a series of oral health education, i.e.

[Functional improvement program of musculoskeletal system of the elderly in an isolated island of Kagoshima prefecture].

Under the coming amendment of long term care insurance (LTCI), the preventive activities will be more strengthened in order to ameliorate the quality of life (QOL) levels of the slightly frail elderly and then to rationalize the LTCI expenditures. The functional training of the musculoskeletal system is regarded as especially important. In order to validate its effectiveness and availability in a rural setting, we organized a physical fitness program for the slightly frail elderly in an isolated island of Kagoshima prefecture.