Effect of Oral Hygiene in Improving The Health of Elderly People : A Systematic Review

Introduction: Oral hygiene is very important in maintaining systemic infection in the elderly who have health problems such as stroke, diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, and others. Oral hygiene can be maintained by regular oral hygiene in both healthy and sick conditions. Some conditions that may affect oral hygiene in elderly include socio-economic status, in improving oral health in elderly interventions can be done, among others, with oral mechanical and modern hygiene. Aim: systematic review to explain oral hygiene practices in the elderly towards improving heath of the elderly, by studying related factors and analyzing interventions that can improve oral hygiene practice. Methods: This writing using systematic review design. The data used are obtained from ProQuest and Science direct. Search done using keyword oral hygiene, in elderly. Result: of the 1229 articles obtained were then screened according to the criteria and only 15 articles were used, the research includes hospitals, nursing homes and communities. Articles obtained by RCT and Crosssectional design. Conclusion: The practice of oral hygiene in the elderly is influenced by several factors, several modifications of intervention are needed to improve oral hygiene and oral hygiene practices. Oral hygiene is associated with the quality of life of the elderly