To investigate how complete dentures influence head and standing stability under sensory-challenging conditions, providing insight into sensory-motor integration and dental interventions in geriatric populations. BACKGROUND: Age-related sensory-motor deficits impair postural control, increasing fall risk among older adults....
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Discussion
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No actionable clinical change for audiologists — findings are relevant to balance management in older adults but are primarily a dental/gerodontology concern; vestibular audiologists treating older patients with balance problems may note the potential sensory-motor role of dental prostheses as a contributing factor.
Understanding how dental prostheses influence sensory-motor integration and postural stability in older adults could open interdisciplinary collaboration between audiology and dentistry in falls-prevention care.
- 01Study examined the effect of complete dentures on head and standing stability in older adults.
- 02Sensory-challenging conditions were used to stress sensory-motor integration.
- 03The mechanism explored was sensory-motor integration involving jaw/dental proprioception.
- 04Published in Gerodontology (doi: 10.1111/ger.70110).
- 05Findings may be relevant for multidisciplinary falls-prevention assessment in elderly patients.
Complete dentures affect head and postural stability in older adults under sensory-challenging conditions.
studyunclearSensory-motor integration is a mechanism linking dental prostheses to postural control.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42504046
- DOI
- 10.1111/ger.70110.
- Journal
- Gerodontology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 2b
- Population
- Older adults wearing complete dentures
- Intervention
- Complete denture wear assessed under sensory-challenging postural conditions
Primary outcomes
Head stability; Standing postural stability under sensory-challenging conditions