The oral health of long-term psychiatric inpatients in Singapore

Individuals with severe mental illness have been found to be susceptible to many physical health problems, including poor oral health (Hert et al., 2011; Matevosyan, 2010). Oral health is an important aspect of general health and well-being because of its effects on pain, eating, speech and quality of life (Sheiham, 2005). Recent international studies show psychiatric inpatients to lack sufficient oral health care in Israel (Zusman et al., 2010), and to have unmet dental and prosthetic needs in France and Turkey (Bertaud-Gounot et al., 2013; Gurbuz et al., 2010).

Source: Psychiatry Research - May 22, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Di Ying Joanna Ngo, W.Murray Thomson, Mythily Subramaniam, Edimansyah Abdin, Kok-Yang Ang Source Type: research