Table 3
Dental Hygiene Management for Each Oral Disease
| Category |
Type (n=209) |
|
| Periodontitis |
Dental caries |
Xerostomia |
Oral cancer |
Eating-swallowing disorder |
Tooth loss |
Denture stomatitis |
| Self-dental biofilm management |
14 |
11 |
2 |
- |
1 |
- |
5 |
| Regular oral examination |
10 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
10 |
| Professional-dental plaque management |
6 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
| Diet management |
4 |
1 |
- |
4 |
7 |
1 |
- |
| Prosthetics and implants |
3 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
22 |
1 |
| No smoking |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
| Oral and external massage |
1 |
0 |
7 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| How to use and care for dentures |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
1 |
9 |
9 |
| Dry-relieving eating habitsa |
- |
3 |
12 |
0 |
- |
- |
2 |
| Fluoride coating |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
| Oral exercise |
- |
1 |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
| Halitosis treatment |
- |
- |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
|
| Drug treatment |
- |
- |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Pneumonia prevention training |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
| No drinking |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
Values are presented as number only.
-: not available.
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