Establishment of a professional model of oral health care for the elderly

LIU Hong-chen; WANG Lin; JIANG Hua; ZHANG Rong; SHI Quan; XIAO Rui; XING He-lin

doi:10.19749/j.cn.cjgd.1672-2973.2024.01.001

Abstract：Objective Oral health is the basis of the whole body health has gradually become the consensus of the public in China,not only reflects the economic and cultural level of a country,but also gradually become an important symbol of human social civilization.The oral health of the elderly is particularly important,which not only improves the life and quality of life of the elderly,but also is an important indicator to test the whole body health of the lifetime.In the past 30 years,Liu Hongchen and others have proposed and tried to promote the establishment of the unique oral health care professional system,including the establishment of oral health division national occupation,oral health care professional education system,establish the national oral health care network,and the proposed new direction and system for the development and employment of oral medicine.To train the country's oral health professionals in order to improve the life,health and standard of living of the entire population,The important link is to determine the characteristics and health care mode of oral health care for the elderly,and clearly point out that correct oral health care is particularly important for oral health and general health of the elderly.Put forward the 10 elderly oral health standards,set up the elderly"A brush,two through,three rinse"oral health care model,break incorrect traditional concept of oral health,in the whole society to strengthen the elderly oral health and prevention and treatment of common disease knowledge,promote the establishment of the complete correct elderly oral health concept.In 1996 in 301 hospital took the lead in exploring the elderly oral diseases,achieved remarkable results,and promoted the establishment of the department of geriatric oral diseases in oral medical institutions at all levels across the country.The oral health care system for the elderly has been established from the stomatology department of the oral specialty hospital,the third class general hospital to the township and community oral medical stations,and promote the one-stop oral health care service model of family oral health care for general dentists and general assistant dentists.The oral health care services cover the whole population and the whole life cycle,so that the whole society enjoys comprehensive oral health care.The establishment of the health care professional system has comprehensively promoted the development of the oral health care for the elderly in China.