Denture-related problems of patients in acute geriatric care

Oral health and multimorbidity are not contradictions if all stakeholders promote dental care; however, the reality of care shows that there are deficits in the oral health of geriatric patients. The reasons are multifactorial; with increasing frailty access to dental care becomes more difficult. During inpatient acute geriatric treatment the question arises whether the examination of the oral cavity should also be integrated into the geriatric complex treatment.BackgroundThe proportion of seniors with their own teeth and dentures has increased [22, 23]. The fifth German Oral Health Study (DMS V) [7] illustrates…