Extending Dental Care to Nursing Home Residents to Reduce Mouth Infections and Incidence of Pneumonia and Improve Diabetic Glucose Control
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Official title
Extending Infection Control Dental Care to Nursing Home Residents Using Telehealth-Mediated Supervision: a Novel Solution to Nursing Home Acquired Pneumonia Morbidity and Mortality.
Brief summary
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The goal of this study is to learn if dental infection control treatment delivered to older adult nursing home residents at their place of residence will result in : * improved dental health * reduced risk of pneumonia * better glucose control for diabetic patients compared to the pre-project dental and general health evaluations of residents and the pre-project facility incidence of pneumonia. Dental infection control treatment includes treating gum infections, stopping or slowing decay with fluoride, and assisting residents with effective tooth brushing and denture cleaning daily. Previous studies indicate dental infections can be inhaled and cause pneumonia or make diabetes worse. A shortage of dentists has limited care for nursing home residents. This project will allow dental hygienists and specially trained dental assistants to treat nursing home residents using telehealth methods (computers, cameras, internet, and telephone) to talk and work with dentists in different locations.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT06890676
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 150 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Comprehensive Oral Evaluation Other
- Intraoral Complete Radiographic Series Other
- • Teledentistry-synchronous and asynchronous Other
- Periodontal Therapy Procedure
- Periodontal Maintenance Procedure Procedure
- Application of Caries Arresting Medicament Procedure
- Oral Hygiene Assistance Other
- Referral for Treatment of Acute Oral Infection Procedure
Other · Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 60 Years to 100 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 1, 2024 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Aug 28, 2026 (Estimated)
- Completion
- Aug 28, 2026 (Estimated)
- Last update posted
- Mar 26, 2025
2024 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office of Dental Health, Department of Health and Senior Services | Jefferson City | Missouri | 65102 | Recruiting |
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- Last update posted Mar 26, 2025 · Synced Oct 21, 2026
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