Toothbrushing may decrease the risk of patients in the intensive care unit developing ventilator-associated pneumonia compared with cleaning with swabs or gauze.

Toothbrushing may decrease the risk of patients in the intensive care unit developing ventilator-associated pneumonia compared with cleaning with swabs or gauze. J Am Dent Assoc. 2019 Oct 09;: Authors: Brignardello-Petersen R PMID: 31606117 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - Category: Dentistry Tags: J Am Dent Assoc Source Type: research