Study of oral health control and probiotics in the elderly people
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- healthy elderly people
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000024630
- Lead Sponsor
- Fukuoka Dental College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
not wearing complete denture prostheses, not currently visiting a dentist for treatment, not using antibiotics within 3 months, having no smoking habit, having no adverse reactions to lactose or fermented milk products, having no serious metabolic disorders, having no cancer
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change of oral health condition by the oral administration of lactic acid bacteria-containing tablets for 2 months: Plaque index, tongue coating, probing pocket depth, bleeding on probing, volatile sulfur compound.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method composition of oral microbiota
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