Extending Dental Care to Nursing Home Residents to Reduce Mouth Infections and Incidence of Pneumonia and Improve Diabetic Glucose Control
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Periodontitis
Gingivitis
Periodontal Disease
Periodontal Infections
Oral Infections
Periapical Infections
Pneumonia
Diabetes
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 60 – 100
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 150 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services · Other
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About This Trial
The goal of this study is to learn if dental infection control treatment delivered to older adult nursing home residents at their place of residence will result in :
* improved dental health
* reduced risk of pneumonia
* better glucose control for diabetic patients compared to the pre-project dental and general health evaluations of residents and the pre-project facility incidence of pneumonia. D…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Adult \> 60 years of age residing in a nursing home or communal care setting;
* Review of Medical history results in an assigned American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Evaluation of Class II or III;
* Frailty Assessment of Low or Moderate using the Modified FRAI…
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