老年人牙磨损:对临床研究的回顾
Alice Kit Ying Chan1, Yiu Cheung Tsang1, Eddie Hsiang-Hua Lai1,2,3,4
1Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 99907, China.
Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 22, 2024
概括
牙磨损在老年人中很常见,影响生活质量. 早期诊断和预防是关键,最少侵入性治疗和定期监测是有效管理的关键.
科学领域:
- 老年人牙科 老年人牙科
- 牙科的生物材料
- 口腔健康研究研究 口腔健康研究
背景情况:
- 牙磨损是老年人普遍存在的问题,引起疼痛并影响口腔功能,美学和生活质量.
- 本综述侧重于最近的进展和老年人牙磨损的临床管理策略.
研究的目的:
- 根据过去五年的文献,提供老年人牙磨损的最新概述.
- 在这个人口群体中提供牙磨损的临床诊断和管理的指导.
主要方法:
- 在Scopus,Pubmed和Embase进行了系统的文献搜索,从2019年1月到2023年12月的英语出版物.
- 包括的临床研究集中在65岁及以上的参与者身上,他们经历了牙磨损,最终选择了14篇文章.
主要成果:
- 确定了牙磨损的常见原因和危险因素,包括医疗状况,低盐度,饮食,口腔卫生,副功能习惯和闭塞因素.
- 通过风险评估和临床检查强调早期诊断,以防止复杂的修复性手术.
- 建议采用一种管理方法,优先考虑预防,非恢复性治疗,以及必要时进行简单,最小侵入性,具有成本效益的恢复性干预,并定期监测.
结论:
- 目前对老年人牙磨损的临床研究有限,主要由横截面研究组成.
- 需要进一步进行干预性临床研究,以制定更强大的临床指导方针来管理老年人牙磨损.
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