scholarly journals Orofacial function and oral health in patients with Parkinson's disease

BDJ ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 210 (8) ◽  
pp. 357-357
2011 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merete Bakke ◽  
Stine L. Larsen ◽  
Caroline Lautrup ◽  
Merete Karlsborg

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1616
Author(s):  
Natalia S. Rozas ◽  
Gena D. Tribble ◽  
Cameron B. Jeter

Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are at increased risk of aspiration pneumonia, their primary cause of death. Their oral microbiota differs from healthy controls, exacerbating this risk. Our goal was to explore if poor oral health, poor oral hygiene, and dysphagia status affect the oral microbiota composition of these patients. In this cross-sectional case-control study, the oral microbiota from hard and soft tissues of patients with PD (n = 30) and age-, gender-, and education-matched healthy controls (n = 30) was compared using 16S rRNA gene sequencing for bacterial identification. Study participants completed dietary, oral hygiene, drooling, and dysphagia questionnaires, and an oral health screening. Significant differences in soft tissue beta-diversity (p < 0.005) were found, and a higher abundance of opportunistic oral pathogens was detected in patients with PD. Factors that significantly influenced soft tissue beta-diversity and microbiota composition include dysphagia, drooling (both p < 0.05), and salivary pH (p < 0.005). Thus, patients with PD show significant differences in their oral microbiota compared to the controls, which may be due, in part, to dysphagia, drooling, and salivary pH. Understanding factors that alter their oral microbiota could lead to the development of diagnostic and treatment strategies that improve the quality of life and survivability of these patients.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 184-187
Author(s):  
Beverley Moorhouse

Beverley Moorhouse explores the difficulties some individuals may face and the impact the disease has on the ability to maintain effective oral health


Gerodontology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avani R. Pradeep ◽  
Sonender P. Singh ◽  
Santosh S. Martande ◽  
Arjun P. Raju ◽  
Tagya Rustagi ◽  
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2003 ◽  
Vol 201 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shingo Fukayo ◽  
Koichi Nonaka ◽  
Teruo Shimizu ◽  
Eiji Yano

MedEdPORTAL ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cameron B. Jeter ◽  
Natalia S. Rozas ◽  
June M. Sadowsky ◽  
Deborah J. Jones

Gerodontology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxanne Gosnell ◽  
Janice Lazear ◽  
Jean Croce Hemphill ◽  
Deborah Dotson

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