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Background/Objectives: This study was conducted to develop information and communication technology (ICT)-based oral functional rehabilitation exercise (OFRE) program content to effectively improve the oral function of the elderly people. Methods: After selecting evidence-based effective OFRE items through systematic review, the final items were constructed through the validity evaluation of detailed items through an expert Delphi survey. The items were composed in a simple content form that can be performed directly and applied to ICT-based mobile applications. Results: The final content items consisted of an oral functional motor-ability measurement, oral Pilates videos, and games. The first is to measure the maximum opening amount before and after exercise, and the opening amount was designed to be measured by eating the fruit displayed on the screen by opening and closing the lips. The second one consisted of eight exercises in the video, and each exercise was to be performed at least three times a day, with a total of two sets. The third is a salivary secretion function exercise that stimulates the salivary glands to stimulate the user's interest and enable them to perform oral movements on their own. It consists of a lip and respiratory muscle exercise that inflates the cheeks and bursts a balloon, and the image disappears when the word in the image presented on the screen is pronounced correctly. It consists of pronunciation exercises. Conclusions: This content development attempt can be expanded into new convergence research linked to ICT and can be used as basic data when developing related content as part of digital care for the elderly in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: This study introduces the curriculum of a discussion‐based learning class for dental hygiene ethics education and evaluates the educational effect of discussion‐based learning as applied to a dental hygiene ethics class. Materials and methods: This study was conducted with 48 sophomores from the Department of Dental Hygiene who took dental hygiene ethics in the second semester of 2019. For the DBL class, the following steps were conducted: (1) a pre‐class group activity (discussion); (2) a group presentation and team discussion; and (3) a discussion among all groups. To improve the ability to aggregate, organise, and prepare the learner's resources, data, information search skills, and opinions by the team and to improve communication skills by actively listening to other people's opinions, the presentation team's opinions were modified after the discussion, and the performance of rational opinions on topics was added. The professor provided feedback and summarised and ended the discussion. The survey was conducted before and after the DBL class. Results: Concerning critical thinking ability, critical objectivity increased significantly from 8.88 before to 9.38 after the DBL class, and critical confidence also increased significantly. The change in professional attitude significantly increased from 3.21 out of 5 points before the DBL class to 3.53 after the DBL class in the logical and critical thinking skills category and significantly increased from 3.27 to 3.66 in decision‐making skills. Conclusion: Teaching methods applied in DBL classes, not traditional lecture‐style classes, consistent with changing educational paradigms, are very effective and should change gradually. These results will be particularly helpful to faculty members who are inexperienced in DBL courses and performance but interested in them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: This study used a Delphi survey to define the concept of oral function rehabilitation exercise (OFRE) based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) and to categorise intervention domains for community-dwelling older adults., Background: While numerous studies have been conducted to improve oral function through exercise interventions, the conceptual definition of oral exercise remains unclear and there is a lack of systematic categorisation of oral exercise intervention domains., Methods: A preliminary model was developed based on the key findings of 19 papers selected from a prior systematic review. Its validity was confirmed through a Delphi survey conducted twice with eight expert panellists. Consensus was achieved by evaluating the validity of the OFRE conceptual framework, the accuracy of OFRE conceptual definitions, and intervention domains., Results: Through expert consensus, an ICF-based OFRE conceptual framework was developed that includes 21 factors that affect the oral health status of the older adults. The OFRE intervention domain for improving the health status consisted of oral function rehabilitation warm-up exercise, masticatory function exercise, swallowing function exercise, articulatory function exercise, salivary function exercise, and oral function rehabilitation cool-down exercise, and 11 specific intervention methods were derived., Conclusions: The OFRE intervention can be used for planning and applying successful interventions to improve oral function and life function of older adults., (© 2024 Gerodontology Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)