Literature Searches
Literature Searches were conducted in the MEDLINE Database (April in 2007-November the 2,007th), focusing on combinations of search terms: '' Dental Health '' [All Fields], '' Muscle
strength '' [All Fields], '' respiratory. capacity '' [All Fields],
'' Survival '' [All Fields], '' pneumonia '' [All Fields], '' all Cause
mortality '' [All Fields], '' periodontitis '' [All Fields],. and '' periodontium '' [All Fields]). Additional literature Searches
were conducted in the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and the National Health Service Economic
Evaluation Database (November 2007th) using the Medical
Subject Headings descriptor '' Dental Care for Aged, '' search
function: '' explode all Trees. '. 'A list of names of Known Authors in this Research Area was also used in the Searches
(kindly provided by Dr. P. Ha Malå ¨inen, Jyva Skyla University, Jyvaskyla, Finland). Searches were the literature Publication Limited to 1,996 years to 2007 and to Studies
conducted in Humans only. Studies were located additional
reference lists of obtained by scrutinizing the Publications
and the doctoral Thesis by Ha¨ma¨la ¨inen.
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The predetermined
inclusion criteria were clinical Studies, focusing on RCTs,
oral Linking Hygiene to Health Care-associated pneumonia
or respiratory Tract. infection in elderly people (? 65, although not an absolute limit). Publications in Dutch, English, German, and any of the Nordic Languages (Danish,
Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish) were included.
Publications About Authority opinions and reports of Expert
committees were excluded, as were Studies on subjects with
Mechanical Ventilation or tube. feeding. After the literature
Searches were completed, no additional Publications were
included.
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