Complete dentures in the prosthetic rehabilitation of elderly persons: Five different criteria to evaluate the need for replacement

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 251-258

  Nevalainen, M J ^a   Rantanen, T ^b   Narhi T ^a,d   Ainamo, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Department of Optometry   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS; RETREATMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTURE REPAIR; DENTURE RETENTION; DENTURE, COMPLETE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RETREATMENT; TIME FACTORS; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 0031112080     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1997.tb00323.x     Document Type: Review

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