title: Nutritional status and oral status of the elderly with dementia: a 2-year study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the relationship between denture wearing and nutritional status in the elderly with dementia.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  There could be a correlation between nutrition, oral health, dietary habits, patients' satisfaction, and their socio-economic status in the elderly, and the relationship between compromised oral status and nutritional status in the elderly with dementia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 2-year follow-up study of 63 elderly Japanese women with and without dentures from a nursing home was undertaken to investigate their oral, physical and mental, and nutritional status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Each item for 2006 and 2008 in this study showed no significant difference between 2006 and 2008, except the calories/day. The elderly with dementia without complete dentures during the 2 years of the study only significantly decreased the mean of the calories/day.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The calories/day of the elderly with dementia without dentures decreased after 2 years. Denture wearing for the elderly with dementia could be necessary to maintain a satisfactory intake of calories.
authors.affiliation: Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Division of Cervico-Gnathostomatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. tsada@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sadamori
authors.forename: Syouji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fujihara
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abekura
authors.forename: Taizo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: Yasumasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akagawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications*; D003824:Denture, Complete; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008603:Mental Health; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009909:Oral Health; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis; D012923:Social Class
chemical_list: D012709:Serum Albumin