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Nosocomial Pneumonia and Oral Health
Author(s) -
Shay Kenneth,
Scannapieco Frank A.,
Terpenning Margarets.,
Smith Barbara J.,
Taylor George W.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2005.tb01647.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , intensive care medicine , disease , aspiration pneumonia , affect (linguistics) , oral health , ventilator associated pneumonia , family medicine , pathology , linguistics , philosophy
This article will critically review the evidence linking pneumonia to the aspiration of microbe‐laden oropharyngeal secretions and tie that to the predisposition for these processes to affect dependent, medically compromised individuals. The goal of this review is to alert the reader to the role that oral disease and oral health play in fostering and preventing, respectively, widespread and potentially fatal pulmonary disease among high‐risk individuals.