Les soins de bouche : de l'hygiène de base aux soins spécifiques

The oral health care is very important in palliative care by their dimension of prevention and comfort. Having described the main objectives of the oral care, the authors insist on a rational approach: the installation of the patient and the nurse, the elements to be taken into account (teeth, mucosa, prostheses) answering local requirements and joining the specific general context of the patient in palliative care. The basic hygiene (materials and method) is then retailed for the various elements to be looked after. They are completed by more specific care of first intention answering complications frequently met in palliative care: xerostomia, pain, gingivorrhagia.