You Can Assessment Your Oral Health Now 1. Lips: Smooth, pink, moist Dry, chapped, or red at corners Swelling or lump, white, red or ulcerated patch; bleeding or ulcerated at corners 2. Oral cleanliness: Clean and no food particles or tartar in mouth or dentures Food particles, tartar or plaque in 1–2 areas of the mouth or on small area of dentures or halitosis (bad breath) Food particles, tartar or plaque in most areas of the mouth or on most of dentures or severe halitosis (bad breath) 3. Dental pain: No behavioural, verbal, or physical signs of dental pain There are verbal and/or behavioural signs of pain such as pulling at face, chewing lips, not eating, aggression There are physical pain signs (swelling of cheek or gum, broken teeth, ulcers), as well as verbal and/or behavioural signs (pulling at face, not eating, aggression) 4. Natural teeth Yes/No: No decayed or broken teeth or roots 1–3 decayed or broken teeth or roots or very worn down teeth 4+ decayed or broken teeth or roots, or very worn down teeth, or less than 4 teeth 5. Dentures Yes/No: No broken areas or teeth, dentures regularly worn, and named 1 broken area or tooth or dentures only worn for 1–2 hours daily, or dentures not named, or loose More than 1 broken area or tooth, denture missing or not worn, loose and needs denture adhesive, or not named 6. Saliva: Moist tissues, watery and free flowing saliva Dry, sticky tissues, little saliva present, resident thinks they have a dry mouth Tissues parched and red, little or no saliva present, saliva is thick, resident thinks they have a dry mouth 7. Tongue: Normal, moist roughness, pink Patchy, fissured, red, coated Patch that is red and/or white, ulcerated, swollen 8. Gums and tissues: Pink, moist, smooth, no bleeding Dry, shiny, rough, red, swollen, 1 ulcer or sore spot under dentures Swollen, bleeding, ulcers, white/red patches, generalized redness under dentures Loading … Question 1 of 8
