[Oral care for elderly people.]

Oral health care for elderly people is important to improve quality of life, extend healthspan and is related with well being and good death. However, food debris and dental plaque remain in the oral cavity of much elderly people required long-term care and cause systemic disease such as aspiration pneumonitis. Dentist and dental hygienist can keep clean the oral cavity of requiring long-term care and prevent the decline of oral function by professional oral function care, professional oral hygiene care and general oral care with multi-disciplinary.