Clinical Trial: Extending Basic Dental Care to Nursing Home Residents to Reduce Mouth Infections and Reduce the Incidence of Pneumonia, a Leading Cause of Death.

U.S., March 25 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06890676) titled 'Extending Basic Dental Care to Nursing Home Residents to Reduce Mouth Infections and Reduce the Incidence of Pneumonia, a Leading Cause of Death.' on March 17.

Brief Summary: The goal of this study is to learn if dental infection control treatment delivered to older adult nursing home residents at their place of residence will result in :

* improved dental health

* reduced risk of pneumonia

* better glucose control for diabetic patients compared to the pre-project dental and general health evaluations of residents and the pre-project facility incidence of pneumonia. Dental infection control treatment includes treating gum infect...