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: Received: 4 March 2024 / Approved: 5 March 2024 / Online: 5 March 2024 (06:35:23 CET)
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Gkavela, G.; Pappa, E.; Rahiotis, C.; Mitrou, P. Dietary Habits and Caries Prevalence in Older Adults. A Review. Preprints2024, 2024030223. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0223.v1
Gkavela, G.; Pappa, E.; Rahiotis, C.; Mitrou, P. Dietary Habits and Caries Prevalence in Older Adults. A Review. Preprints 2024, 2024030223. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0223.v1
Gkavela, G.; Pappa, E.; Rahiotis, C.; Mitrou, P. Dietary Habits and Caries Prevalence in Older Adults. A Review. Preprints2024, 2024030223. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0223.v1
APA Style
Gkavela, G., Pappa, E., Rahiotis, C., & Mitrou, P. (2024). Dietary Habits and Caries Prevalence in Older Adults. A Review. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0223.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Gkavela, G., Christos Rahiotis and Panagiota Mitrou. 2024 "Dietary Habits and Caries Prevalence in Older Adults. A Review" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0223.v1
Abstract
This study aimed to review the dietary risk factors for root caries prevalence in older adults, from socially active people to frail patients. A comprehensive search strategy was used to select studies from PubMed and Scopus databases. Two evalua-tors performed data extraction, screening, and quality assessment independently. Only studies written in English were included. Caries is very common in the elderly, as there are several aggravating factors such as the decrease of the ability to self-care and, by extension, insufficient oral hygiene, a carious diet, limited exposure to fluoride, xero-stomia, gingival recession, limited access to dental care. Root caries is prevalent in the elderly due to gingival recession and root exposure to the oral environment. Dietary risk factors significantly affect root caries prevalence in older adults, including high intake of sugars and an alteration of their composition preference in this age group. Caries risk appears more significant in frail, standardized patients who feed with even softer food or supplements.
Keywords
diet; elderly; carries; root caries
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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