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Prof. Kakuhiro Fukai
Kakuhiro Fukai, D.D.S., Ph.D., is director of the Fukai Institute of Health Science (Japan), visiting professor at Kanagawa Dental University, and visiting researcher at Japan’s National Institute of Public Health. He also serves as chair of FDI’s Oral Health for Ageing Population Task Team (2015-2019, 2021-2024). In addition, he has served as director of Japan Dental Association and executive director of the 8020 Promotion Foundation (2013-2019). He has also maintained a private dental practice for the past thirty years.
Performing all of these roles simultaneously has provided him with practical experience and academic expertise at both the global and local level and in all stages of the evidence-policy-practice-evaluation cycle. His research activities have focused on global oral health, the link between oral and systemic health, and healthy longevity. He has published over 300 research articles and 50 books on oral health promotion. Representative of his work is a long-term cohort study of Japanese community residents’ oral health and longevity initiated in 1987, which remains ongoing. He also edited The Current Evidence of Dental Care and Oral Health for Achieving Healthy Longevity in an Aging Society (Japan Dental Association, 2015), the most thorough and globally comprehensive review of its kind. His social contributions also include annual visits to Nepal for the past thirty years to conduct community health and oral health promotion activities with the Association of Dental Cooperation in Nepal, of which he currently serves as president.
Prof. Gerry Mckenna
Gerry McKenna is a specialist in Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics working as a Consultant in the Belfast NHS Health and Social Care Trust. His clinical duties are based in the Centre for Dentistry, Queens University Belfast where he provides clinical supervision and teaching for dental undergraduates. He is a Senior Lecturer based within the Centre for Public Health and a member of the Health Services Research Group.
His research is centered on optimizing treatment options for older patients which positively impact their dental and overall health. This research has been awarded a number of prestigious awards including the IADR Hatton Award. His current position combines research, clinical teaching and specialist patient care.
He is the current President of the Irish Division of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and immediate past President of the European College of Gerodontology (ECG).
Dr. Hirohiko Hirano
Hirohiko Hirano, Ph.D. in Medical Science, D.D.S. is Director of Dental and Oral Surgery & Director of Research Team for Promoting Independence and Mental Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology. He has been working as a dentist in an acute-care hospital for 30 years providing dental care to the older people. He has also been involved in research, his interests include oral functions of the elderly, swallowing functions, and providing smooth dental care to people with dementia.
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Which is why it is important to teach oral health care in interprofessional education so other health students become aware of oral health issues and can properly diagnose or refer oral health conditions to dentists.
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The idea of walking instead of running from Dr.Mckenna is a good choice. Lot of work for oral health care in institutions for elderly. Do you think that dentists are the first choice or the social workers taking care of the elder are the one’s to deal with to promote oral health?
Thank you Doctors, your presentations were eyeopening in many ways
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Thank you to all. Very interesting presentations.For me given by prof Kakuhiro Fukai excelent epidemiology.Anna Kurhańska ,Poland ,Poznan Univ of Medical Sciences
To all speakers,
What can be done to increase public awareness and education about the significance of oral health for healthy ageing?
Olumese Ebele from Nigeria. Stimulating topic. Well delivered. Thank you to the speakers!
What do you think about the need for understanding by the medical profession to promote ORAL Fraility?
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Is Botox injections approved around the mouth or lips by FDA & FDI ?
The first & last time I had a serious bad experience of dysfunction my mouth with Botox injection because all muscles didn’t work
On the assessment of hypofunction, I am not sure the equipment for assessing hypofunction is easily available (affordable) in the Philippines, can you suggest which three out of the seven assessment methods could be prioritized?
Thank you for the informative lecture. SALAMAT.
Thanks for the Information! How about teledentistry tools to manage Oral frailty? Is there any evidence? Ana Lúcia Mello, Brazil.
Thank you so much for the excellent presentations.
Dr. Mckenna – Just a comment: I have been teaching the Common Risk Factor Approach to my dental students and interprofessional health students, it is an interesting concept to include hyposalivation to the CRA diagram. I will revise my lessons to include this.
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Thanks from Australia for these very beneficial lectures.
Can modification in diet improve the oral health
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Thank you so much for very informative lecture
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Prof Mckenna – for the common risk factors, you didnt mention dimentia? I imagine it is also an important risk factor?Do you have any specific advice for treating older adults with dimentia or how to interact with their carers?
Is partial dentition and how it is treated a factor for assessing oral frailty? Is a patient with only a few remaining teeth, but wearing a functional denture, automatically suffering from oral frailty?
Very elaborate and informative lectures. Thanks to the speakers for enlightening us. In countries with low oral health literacy, how can dependency level be monitored?
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Is the dependency-level advice from the FDI chairside guide also applicable for the oral frailty of the patient? Is there always a link in terms of general physical and oral frailty? Is there also a oral frailty classification with advice available?
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Dr McKenna. Thanks so much for these informative insights. Do you have any advice on how to assess the dependency-level of my patient? The FDI chairside guide advice is very helpful, but I find it difficult to categorize the patients to a specific dependency-level.
Dr Fukai, I very much look forward to your presentation at the World Dental Congress in Sydney this September. Will you talk more about the benefits of an oral function focused approach and how dentists can implement this approach in practice? I think this is a very important topic, Thank you
In different oral health backgrounds in different countries, how can we respond in countries with low oral health literacy?
Is there any specific advice available on how to treat patients at high risk of oral frailty to prevent oral hypofunction? Does FDI offer any assessment or prevention advice resources? Where can I find it?
Who pays for dental care prevention and insurance in Japan, is there a governmental health insurance?
You mentioned that the percentage of older people living in Japan is very high and there seems to be a lot of research on older adults oral health coming from Japanese experts. Is this also shown in official guidelines and recommendations? Is there something other countries should adopt from Japan?
to Dr.H.Hirano,
I understand the advantages of improving oral function. Have strategies and initiatives focused on managing oral function been successful in enhancing overall well-being?
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Would it be possible to get the slides of the presenters?
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