Correlations between dental assistance/oral health and clinical intercurrences in an end-stage kidney disease patients: a historical cohort study.

CONCLUSIONS: The study shows an important correlation between oral health, oral hygiene habits, dental assistance and clinical intercurrences with hospitalization in dialysis patients. The results are weighty to establish protocols that can, directly improve, critical health outcomes of end-stage kidney disease patients under dialysis treatment. PMID: 32489089 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32489089?dopt=Abstract

Source: Minerva Stomatologica - June 5, 2020 Category: Dentistry Tags: Minerva Stomatol Source Type: research