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Volume 7, Issue 5 (Suppl) J Palliat Care Med, an open access journal
ISSN: 2165-7386 Geriatrics 2017
September 4-5, 2017
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Geriatrics Gerontology & Palliative Nursing
7th International Conference on
Yoshiro Fujii, J Palliat Care Med 2017, 7:5(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386-C1-010
TREATING ELDERLY BEDRIDDEN PATIENTS WITH REMOVAL DENTURES
Recently, clinical evidence indicates that dental treatment can be used to treat systemic conditions. This report was designed to
evaluate the efficacy of dental treatment in terms of Activity of Daily Living (ADL) for impaired elderly people. 32 bedridden
individuals participated in this study. 18 participants received removable dentures while 14 didn’t. Of the 18 participants who wore
dentures, over 50% improved; 38.9% significantly improved while 16.7% moderately improved. Those in the no-dentures control
group (14 patients) reported no improvement. These results support the notion that methods typically used in clinical dentistry
may improve ADL for those with systemic conditions like bedridding.
Biography
Yoshiro Fujii, manager of Shin Kobe Dental Clinic, completed his Ph.D. fromAichi Gakuin University Graduate School. Fujii is a fellow of the International College of Acu-
puncture and Electro-therapeutics, 100 next era CEOs and 100 Next era Leaders in Asia by Japan Times (2013, 14, 15), an editorial board member on three international
journals. He is also an authorized doctor of two Japanese associations, and published sixteen international academic articles.
Yoshiro Fujii
Shin Kobe Dental Clinic, Japan