Determinants for preventive oral health care need among community-dwelling older people: a population-based study.

The aim was to study the determinants of preventive oral health care need among community-dwelling old people. The study population consisted of 165 participants, a subpopulation in the Geriatric Multidisciplinary Strategy for Good Care of Elderly People (GeMS) study. Fifty-five percent of the edentate participants with full dentures and 82% of the dentate had a need for preventive oral health care.

Oral health intervention among community-dwelling older people: a randomised 2-year intervention study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a 2-year oral-health-promoting intervention on oral health behaviour and oral health among people aged 75 years or older.

Materials And Methods: In a 2-year randomised intervention study, 279 community-dwelling older people completed the study: 145 persons in an intervention group and 134 in a control group. Interviews and clinical oral examinations were performed at the beginning of the study and at a 2-year follow-up.

Body mass index and periodontal infection in a sample of non-smoking older individuals.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between BMI and periodontal infection in a sample of non-smoking individuals aged 75 years or older.

Subjects And Methods: The study sample included 157 non-smoking dentate persons (110 women, 47 men, mean age 80.6 years) belonging to the Geriatric Multidisciplinary Strategy for the Good Care of Older People study in Kuopio, Finland.

Salivary flow rate and risk of malnutrition - a study among dentate, community-dwelling older people.

Objective: To analyse the relation between unstimulated and stimulated salivary secretion and the risk of malnutrition among home-dwelling elderly people.

Background: Saliva has an important role in eating. Despite this, there are only a few studies on the role of salivary secretion in the development of malnutrition among elderly people.

Associations of instrumental activities of daily living and handgrip strength with oral self-care among home-dwelling elderly 75+.

Objective: To study the associations of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and the handgrip strength with oral self-care among dentate home-dwelling elderly people in Finland.

Materials And Methods: The study analysed data for 168 dentate participants (mean age 80.6 years) in the population-based Geriatric Multidisciplinary Strategy for Good Care of the Elderly (GeMS) study.