Hemodynamic Changes in Dental Practice for Elderly Patients at Home Comparison of Daily Living and Dental Treatment

• Published in: Ronen Shika Igaku Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 91 - 99
• Main Authors: Okazaki, Yoshitaka, Kida, Tadayoshi, Itoh, Tsuneo, Takase, Toshiyuki, Katoh, Takamasa, Okada, Yoshifumi, Okada, Yukiaki, Katagiri, Tomoyuki, Takegoshi, Masanori, Torii, Norishige, Ikeoka, Noriyuki, Kuragano, Isao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japanese Society of Gerodontology 30.11.1995; 一般社団法人 日本老年歯科医学会
• Subjects: Circulatory disease; Hemodynamic change; Hme-bound dental treatment; Mental stress; 在宅歯科診療; 循環動態; 循環器疾患; 情動刺激
• ISSN: 0914-3866; 1884-7323
• DOI: 10.11259/jsg1987.10.91

Interest in home-bound geriatric dental patients has grown during the last ten years. On the other hand, the elderly are still at high risk to circulatory disease. We studied 34 home-bound dental patients (21 females, 13 males), who live in Toyonaka city. They are from 65 to 94 years of age. We divided them into 2 groups: those with circulatory disease, and those with other chronic diseases. Both groups of subjects were subdivided into 2 groups: in daily living and under dental treatment. We observed their daily health judged by a basic physical list for a week before dental treatment. We investigated the change (means) and fluctuation (max-min) of hemodynamic parameters (systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and heart rate). The results were as follows: 1. The changes of hemodynamic parameters were not significantly different between the group with circulatory disease and the group with other chronic diseases. 2. The fluctuation of systolic blood pressure in circulatory disease slightly increased during dental treatment. 3. The fluctuation of heart rate in the circulatory disease group significantly increased during dental treatment. These results suggested that the mental stress of dental treatment of the home-bound elderly with circulatory disease markedly influenced their systolic blood pressure and heart rate.