{"id":167,"date":"2013-12-04T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagonursinghomelawyersblog.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2016-07-11T11:40:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T16:40:53","slug":"nursing-homes-alerted-poor-dental-hygiene-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/nursing-homes-alerted-poor-dental-hygiene-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing Homes Alerted to Poor Dental Hygiene of Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">An epidemic of sorts has been uncovered in nursing homes around the country.<span>\u00a0<\/span>It has become apparent that nursing home residents stricken with dementia or other mental and physical deficiencies are unable to take care of their daily toothbrush chore.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>What that means is that residents are not brushing their teeth regularly.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Nursing home residents\u2019 teeth may become increasingly decayed with plaque or cavities, which often leads to gum disease, cracked teeth and other hygiene-related diseases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Nursing homes have long overlooked the need to care for disabled residents\u2019 dental hygiene.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Late this past summer, the <a href=\"http:\/\/well.blogs.nytimes.com\/2013\/08\/04\/in-nursing-homes-an-epidemic-of-poor-dental-hygiene\/?_r=0\"><i>New York Times<\/i><\/a> disclosed that many nursing home residents across the country were stricken by cavities, gum disease and cracked teeth, in part because their teeth were not kept clean.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Nursing homes most often focus on resident health and safety issues at their facilities, but many overlook dental hygiene.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/nursing-homes-alerted-poor-dental-hygiene-residents\/#more-167\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An epidemic of sorts has been uncovered in nursing homes around the country.\u00a0It has become apparent that nursing home residents stricken with dementia or other mental and physical deficiencies are unable to take care of their daily toothbrush chore.\u00a0 What that means is that residents are not brushing their teeth regularly.\u00a0Nursing home residents\u2019 teeth may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nursing-home-abuse","category-nursing-home-residents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nursing Homes Alerted to Poor Dental Hygiene of Residents &#8212; 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