The Multi-Channeled Oral Irrigation (MCOI) Device Offers Simultaneous Oral Cleaning and Oral Health Assessment for a Stroke Patient with Underlying Dementia: A Case Report

Oral health care should undergo thorough easy and reliable assessment and evaluation to ensure its effectiveness and integration into daily care activities.We assessed oral hygiene and used a multi-channeled oral irrigation (MCOI) device (COMORAL Ⓡ , SMDsolutions, Seoul, Korea) to evaluate turbidity and food residue in the oral irrigated water collected by the MCOI device as oral health indicators.A 74 years old female patient with long lasting Alzheimer's disease and recent history of stroke and femur neck fracture was administrated at a community-based rehabilitation hospital.After oral assessment, a 3-cycle use per session use of we observed the changes of patients' oral hygiene such as tongue coating.We visually observed turbidity of 500 ml of oral irrigated water collected by the MCOI device just after toothbrushing.The MCOI device might be integrated into regular oral care routines, given its ability to clear oral irrigated water consistently over time.