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Inger WÃ¥rdh

Inger WÃ¥rdh

Senior Lecturer/Senior Dentist
Telephone: +46852488226
Visiting address: Alfred Nobels Allé 8, 14104 Huddinge
Postal address: OF Odontologi, OF Oral diagnostik och kirurgi, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • Expertise and head of the Gerodontic section at the department of Dental
    Medicine at Karolinska institute. Main responsibility for the courses in
    gerodontics in the basic education programs for dentists and dental
    hygienists. Works part time as a researcher at Academic centre för
    gerodontics, ACT, at Stockholms sjukhem and has several research contacts
    with both Swedish and foreign colleauges of different professions concerning
    the elderly’s health situation. Supervise PhD students in Stockholm,
    Värmland and Norrland.
    * *Awards*
    • The Swedish Dental association, 2011 prize of dental health improving
    activities
    *Education degrees*
    • 1972: High school qualification in science (Naturvetenskaplig linje),
    Nils Ericson-skolan, Trollhättan
    • 1978: Degree in Dentistry (D.D.S) Karolinska Institute.
    • 2002: Doctor of Odontological Science (equivalent to a Ph.D.),
    Sahlgrenska academy
    • 2019: Specialist dentist in Orofacial Medicine.
    *Postgraduate training*
    • 2002: Post doc position at department of Odontology, Karolinska
    Institute

Research

  • Today we keep our own teeth or sophisticated fixed tooth replacements high up
    in ages. A well preserved chewing function is both correlated to good oral
    health related quality of life, a good general health and well preserved
    cognitive functions. Chewing function is therefore one of our focus research
    areas.
    We also study other relations between general and oral health, as the health
    situation in an elderly individual is very complex.
    A special focus area is the increased amount and changed composition of oral
    bacteria that follows with oral dryness. Elderly people have a high
    medication usage that causes oral dryness, which in turn increases the risk
    for caries and mucosal infections but also the risk to receive aspiration
    pneumonia.
    Oral dryness, eye and motor difficulties, decreases the elderly’s ability
    to perform oral hygiene. The oral detoriation often goes fast. The Swedish
    system of oral care to dependent elderly works rather well in special
    facilities but not for those who still live in their own homes, while
    domestic dental care also is a focus area.

Teaching

  • *The gerodontic section has, additional to several master students, three PhD
    students:*
    *Per Stjernfeldt Elgestad, DDS, PhD-student*
    Dentist at the public clinic for ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ dentistry attached to ACT with focus
    on dependent elderly. Main focus is to sort out the concept of chewing and
    how a relevant chewing function best should be preserved in elderly patients.
    *Markus Höglund, DDS, PhD-student*
    Specialist Dentist in Orofacial Medicine at the public dental organisation in
    Östergötland. Main focus is to study how patients that suffer from dental
    fear are identified by dental staff.
    *Elisabeth Morén, RDH, DDS, PhD-student*
    Specialist training position in Orofacial Medicine in Falun. Main focus is
    to find effective routines for domiciliary oral care in dependent older
    individuals.

Articles

  • Article: GERODONTOLOGY. 2023;40(3):390-397
    Ericson D; Carlsson P; Gabre P; Wardh I; Zimmerman M; Sjoegren P
  • Article: ACTA ODONTOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2023;81(5):340-348
    Hoeglund M; Wardh I; Shahnavaz S; Berteroe C
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(15):9380
    Persson J; Johansson I; Torge CJ; Bergstrom E-K; Hagglin C; Wardh I
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(10):5801
    Stjernfeldt PE; Irving GF; Wardh I; Lundqvist R; Lantto A
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DENTAL HYGIENE. 2022;20(2):241-248
    Edman K; Wardh I
  • Article: GERODONTOLOGY. 2021;38(2):199-208
    Elgestad Stjernfeldt P; Faxen-Irving G; Wardh I
  • Article: BMC MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND DECISION MAKING. 2020;20(1):294
    Gerdeskold C; Toth-Pal E; Wardh I; Nilsson GH; Nager A
  • Article: JOURNAL OF ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT. 2020;32(4):399-408
    Brondani M; Harjani MG; Alfawzan N; Alves CMC; Wardh I; Donnelly L
  • Article: AGING. 2020;12(9):8536-8548
    Dintica CS; Marseglia A; Wardh I; Elgestad PS; Rizzuto D; Shang Y; Xu W; Pedersen NL
  • Article: ACTA ODONTOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2020;78(3):173-180
    Lantto A; Lundqvist R; Wardh I
  • Article: CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS IN AGING. 2020;15:1305-1315
    Croonquist CG; Dalum J; Skott P; Sjogren P; Wardh I; Moren E
  • Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORAL SCIENCES. 2019;127(5):455-461
    Hoglund M; Bagesund M; Shahnavaz S; Wardh I
  • Article: DYSPHAGIA. 2019;34(2):271-278
    Persson E; Wardh I; Ostberg P
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DENTAL HYGIENE. 2018;16(4):476-483
    Seleskog B; Lindqvist L; Wardh I; Engstrom A; von Bultzingslowen I
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROSTHODONTICS. 2018;31(5):494-501
    Lantto A; Lundqvist R; Wardh I
  • Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 2018;67:23-30
    Dintica CS; Rizzuto D; Marseglia A; Kalpouzos G; Welmer A-K; Wardh I; Backman L; Xu W
  • Article: GERODONTOLOGY. 2017;34(2):240-248
    Wikstrom M; Kareem KL; Almstahl A; Palmgren E; Lingstrom P; Wardh I
  • Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. 2016;64(10):2109-2115
    Sjogren P; Wardh I; Zimmerman M; Almstahl A; Wikstrom M
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROSTHODONTICS. 2016;29(1):68-70
    Lantto A; Lundqvist R; Wardh I
  • Article: BMC RESEARCH NOTES. 2015;8:580
    Friman G; Hultin M; Nilsson GH; WÃ¥rdh I
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All other publications

  • Letter: GERODONTOLOGY. 2023;40(3):407
    Ericson D; Carlsson P; Gabre P; Wardh I; Zimmerman M; Sjogren P
  • Review: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. 2023;12(7):2748
    Moren E; Skott P; Edman K; Gavriilidou N; Wardh I; Domeij H
  • Review: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DENTAL RESEARCH. 2019;5(1):76-104
    Stjernfeldt PE; Sjogren P; Wardh I; Bostroem A-M
  • Review: GERODONTOLOGY. 2018;35(4):290-304
    Astvaldsdottir A; Bostrom A-M; Davidson T; Gabre P; Gahnberg L; Englund GS; Skott P; Stahlnacke K; Tranaeus S; Wilhelmsson H; Wardh I; Ostlund P; Nilsson M
  • Review: SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS. 2017;6(1):20
    Stjernfeldt PE; Wardh I; Trulsson M; Irving GF; Bostrom A-M
  • Review: EUROPEAN GERIATRIC MEDICINE. 2015;6(6):523-540
    Ekdahl AW; Sjostrand F; Ehrenberg A; Oredsson S; Stavenow L; Wisten A; Wardh I; Ivanoff SD
  • Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. 2013;61(5):851-852
    Lexomboon D; Trulsson M; Wardh I; Parker MG

Employments

  • Senior Lecturer/Senior Dentist, Department of Dental Medicine, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2019-2025

Supervisor

  • Markus Höglund, TandvÃ¥rdsrädsla hos vuxna ur tandvÃ¥rdspersonalens perspektiv

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