Survey of dental hygienists and healthcare workers for microorganisms in the oral cavity

Nomura, Yasuo; Takeuchi, Hiroaki; Senpuku, Hidenobu; Ida, H; Yoshikawa, Eiji; Koyama, Keiko; Kanazawa, Noriko; Hanada, Nobuhiro

doi:10.1007/s101560200028

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“…Infectious diseases associated with micro‐organisms have effects on systemic diseases, such as aspiration pneumonia 7–9 , and sometimes directly lead to death 10 . Maintaining good oral hygiene is very important to prevent aspiration pneumonia 7,11,12 . Therefore, actions by the elderly concerning oral care have a close relationship with their quality of life 13–15 .…”

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Recognition and behaviour of caregiver managers related to oral care in the community

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“…In this study, MRSA, P. aeruginosa, β-hemolytic streptococci, S. marcescens and M. catarrhallis were not detected any samples. However, according to our previous report, even though the frequencies were less than 10%, these bacteria were detected from saliva, tonsil or dental plaque of the healthy elderly subjects ( more than 80%) or dental plaque of preschool children (44.7%) or health care workers (66.7%) [5,12,13]. If these bacteria were detected, intensive oral care will be necessary.…”

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“…The plates were incubated in an atmosphere of 5% CO 2 in H 2 at 37 ºC for 24-48 h. Representative microbial colonies from each plate were Gram-stained and identified in terms of their characteristic appearance, hemolytic activity, catalase-, and oxidasetest [10]. Colonies of microbes suspected to be those responsible for pneumonia and which were found in a majority of the subjects were suspended in 1 mL of 0.5% saline and tested by using diagnosis kits indicated below [12,13].…”

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Opportunistic Bacteria in Tonsil and Dental Plaque are Indicator for Oral Care

Hanada¹

2016

Int J Oral Craniofac Sci

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Background of the study: Detection of the opportunistic microorganisms can be the indicator for the oral hygiene. However, there are many sampling sites in one subject. Context and purpose of study: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the suitable sampling site for opportunistic pathogens as an indicator of the oral hygiene. Results: In the 21 healthy females' swab samples of tonsil, meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, Pneumobacillus, Haemophilus influenzae, H. parainfluenzae, Lancefield group A streptococci, Lancefield group G streptococci, Haemophilus sp. were detected; detection rates were 33.3%, 4.8%, 19.0%, 4.8%, 4.8% and 14.3%, respectively. The detection rates of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and Haemophilus sp. were the highest when compared to the other sampling sites. For H. influenzae, the detection rates were relatively high; 14.3% for tongue, 38.1% for dental plaque and 52.4% for saliva. Main findings: Detections of the commensal and opportunistic pathogens from tonsil and saliva were independent. Microbial flora form nasal cavity was independent form pharynx. Conclusion: Tonsil and saliva are the suitable sampling site to detect the opportunistic pathogens for the indicator of the oral hygiene. Brief Summary: Opportunistic pathogens in tonsil or saliva can be the indicator of the oral hygiene. Potential implications of the study: For the prevention of pneumonia, oral care is useful. In this situation, MRSA, P. aeruginosa, β-hemolytic streptococci, S. marcescens, M. catarrhallis or H. influenza in tonsil or saliva can be the indicator of the oral care. and respiratory infections through the reductions of oropharyngeal bacteria especially in elderly bed-bound nursing home patients [6-9]. Thus, detection of the opportunistic microorganisms can be the indicator for the oral hygiene. However, there are many sampling sites in one subject. Therefore, in this study, we tried to identify the representative sampling site of the opportunistic pathogens as indicator of oral hygiene. Several kinds of opportunistic bacteria inhabit in upper respiratory tract [10], therefore, it is generally considered that nasal cavity is the bacterial reservoir for the pharynx and it is the agents for pharyngitis. Therefore, we additionally checked the co-ration of the bacterial flora (including Candia sp.) from nasal cavity, pharynx and oral cavity. Materials and Methods Subjects and sampling Twenty one healthy female students of the dental hygiene school were included in this study. Their mean ages were 22.1 ± 2.11. Sampling for all the subjects were carried out within one month. In this study, subjects with, systemically healthy, without periodontitis and dental caries, possessed at least 20 teeth and had not taken systemic antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs or immunosuppressive drugs in the 3 month were included for the sampling.

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A study on changes in caries risk and microbial flora with the placement of edgewise appliance

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Survey of dental hygienists and healthcare workers for microorganisms in the oral cavity

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Recognition and behaviour of caregiver managers related to oral care in the community

Recognition and behaviour of caregiver managers related to oral care in the community

Opportunistic Bacteria in Tonsil and Dental Plaque are Indicator for Oral Care

A study on changes in caries risk and microbial flora with the placement of edgewise appliance

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