Oral Hygiene Assistance Training Program

Oral Hygiene Assistance Training Program

This is an oral health study with a nursing home staff training program and product intervention.

This study will be completed in partnership with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, McCoy Samples Mattingly Dental Clinic, and Feno, inc. The study involves a nursing home staff training program, product intervention, and oral health outcomes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Signed Informed Consent Form to receive on-site dental care and grant access to their medical and dental records, and Consent for information collection, consultation, and disease control oral healthcare treatment
• Male and female subjects aged 60 years or older.
• A resident of one of the nursing home sites.
• ASA physical classification status of II, III, or IV (excluding high frailty scores)
• Frailty assessment of low or moderate

Exclusion Criteria:

• Tumor(s) of the soft or hard tissues of the oral cavity.
• History of allergies to oral care/personal care consumer products or their ingredients.
• ASA category V patients
• High frailty assessment
• Resident deemed behaviorally difficult in interview or initial assessment
• Endentulous
• Fractured teeth and/or root tips present
• Oral lesions
• Grossly mobile teeth for Cohort B
• Temporary crowns for Cohort B