title: [The importance of perioperative oral care].
abstract: Postoperative complications sometimes follow ablasive surgery. Anesthesiologists usually pay much attention to the oral cavity when they intubate. However, they are not fully aware of the importance of perioperative oral care. Perioperative oral care in cooperation with a dental team enables to reduces the risk of postoperative complications and allows the safe and smooth completion of the treatment procedure safely and smoothly. Recently, the comprehensive health care system started, and we had to keep the occurrence of postoperative complications as low as possible and seek the quick recovery from the postoperative stage. Oral care, therefore, is an essential care, and can help guarantee the high quality results with general anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: General Medicine & Dentistry, National Cancer Research Center Hospital, Tokyo 104-0045.
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: Yojiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ota
mesh_terms: D003729:Dental Care; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods*