provide mouth care to a resident who has teeth & dentures

materials

• table barrier towel (place first)

• 1 paper towel

• wrapped toothbrush

• 1 cup of water

• clothing protector

• emesis bin

• toothpaste

• gloves

opening

• knock, introduce yourself, greet pt

• explain you’re there to help provide mouth care

• close curtain

• wash hands

• collect supplies: barrier towel, paper towel, wrapper toothbrush, 1 cup of water, clothing protector, emesis bin, toothpaste, gloves

prepping the resident

• raise the head of bed to 60-90 degrees, offer to remove pillow for comfort

• put on clothing protector

• move the bedside table in front of resident, adjust height if needed

• put glove on right before beginning any mouth care

procedure

• open the toothbrush

• moisten the toothbrush with water and apply toothpaste

• offer resident sip of water, hold emesis bin for them to spit into, dry mouth with paper towel after

• ask them to open mouth wide

• put in toothbrush against cheek, ask them to bite down —> brush along outside

• offer to swish and spit

• get them to smile and brush —> swish and spit

• ask to open wide and get biting surfaces, —> swish and spit

• final rinse and spit until they refuse

clean up

• pour the rest of water into the emesis basis

• gather trash into cup

• pull table away

• remove clothing protector asap and put in linens —> say you’ll be back

• throw away trash

• use basin washing method

• use barrier towel to put away emesis bin and toothpaste —> throw away paper towels

• put barrier towel in linens

• turn to nae and remove gloves/throw away

• put bed back down, put pillow back

• put table back

closing

• ask if you can get anything

• give call light

• open curtain

• wash hands

denture materials

• table towel

• 1 paper towel + paper towels needed to line sink

• clothing protector

• cup of water

• wrapped toothpaste

• emesis basin

• denture brush

• toothette

• toothpaste

• 2 sets of glove

denture prep

• turn on faucet and fill the water cup w/ cool water

• place a paper towel on the counter near sink + 4 to line the sink not cover it

denture procedure

• put on gloves

• take the dentures wrapped in their paper towel and place by sink

• place denture brush and toothpaste on denture paper towel

• turn cool water on at sink, pour out excess denture water and back to towel

• wet denture brush, apply toothpaste on both sides

• clean all surfaces of denture with flat side and pointy sides of the denture brush

• rinse brush and denture

• put denture back in container and fill with water

• close container and put on new clean paper towel

• turn off water and dispose of used paper towels

• put toothpaste back on table, put denture on bedside table @ og position

• remove gloves

Mouth care:

• put on new gloves and follow dental procedures