The effectiveness of a desensitization technique for mitigating oral and facial tactile hypersensitivity in institutionalized older persons: A randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Maki Shirobe (Author), Rena Hidaka (Author), Hirohiko Hirano (Author), Yuki Ohara (Author), Keiko Endo (Author), Yutaka Watanabe (Author), Chiyoko Hakuta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/purpose: Oral health care provision in long-term care settings is often limited by specific behaviors exhibited by residents, which may be interpreted as a refusal of care. Such behaviors can be attributed to oral tactile hypersensitivity (TH), which is characterized by aberrations in the...