Table 3. Conditions of oral health among 104 Parkinson’s disease patients.
| ○ | Disability in brushing their teeth or cleaning their dentures | |
| Number having trouble | 51 (49%) | |
| Number having no trouble | 45 (43%) | |
| Number of nonresponders | 8 (8%) | |
| Total | 104 (100%) | |
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| ○ | gargling | |
| Number able to gargle | 63 (60%) | |
| Number only able to put a single swallow of water in their mouth |
30 (29%) | |
| Number not able to gargle at all | 8 (8%) | |
| Number of nonresponders | 3 (3%) | |
| Total | 104 (100%) | |
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| ○ | Swallowing | |
| Number with no problem | 41 (39%) | |
| Number always choking during eating or drinking | 12 (12%) | |
| Number choking only when they drank a cup of water | 5 (5%) | |
| Number sometimes choking | 39 (37%) | |
| Number of nonresponders | 7 (7%) | |
| Total | 104 (100%) | |
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| ○ | Brushing | |
| Number able to brush their teeth by themselves | 39 (65%) | |
| Number able to brush their teeth with assistance | 5 (8%) | |
| Number not able to brush their teeth by themselves | 8 (13%) | |
| Number of nonresponders | 8 (13%) | |
| Total (having their own teeth) | 60 (100%) | |
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| ○ | Denture wearing | |
| Number removing and putting their dentures in by themselves | 66 (82%) | |
| Number either removing or putting their dentures in by themselves | 3 (4%) | |
| Number neither removing nor putting their dentures in by themselves | 7 (9%) | |
| Number of nonresponders | 4 (5%) | |
| Total(having own dentures) | 80 (100%) | |
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| ○ | Access to a dental clinic | |
| Number able to go to a dental clinic alone | 31 (30%) | |
| Number able to go to a dental clinic if there was assistance by family members |
30 (29%) | |
| Number able to go to a dental clinic if there was assistance by helpers |
5 (5%) | |
| Number not able to go to a dental clinic without transportation service by car |
15 (14%) | |
| Number not able to go to a dental clinic in any case | 10 (10%) | |
| Number of nonresponders | 13 (12%) | |
| Total | 104 (100%) | |
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| ○ | Content of home-visiting dental service | |
| Number looking forward to have a dental check-up and tooth brushing instruction |
28 (27%) | |
| Number not needing them at that time but wanted to use a home-visiting dental service in the future |
34 (33%) | |
| Number not looking forward to home-visiting dental service | 25 (24%) | |
| Number of nonresponders | 17 (16%) | |
| Total | 104 (100%) | |