Ability to estimate oral health status and treatment need in elderly receiving home nursing - A comparison between a dental hygienist and a dentist

Swedish Dental Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 105-116

  Nederfors, Tommy ^a,b,d   Paulsson, Gun ^a,b   Isaksson, Rita ^a   Fridlund, Bengt ^b,c  

^a HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Samtliga Länssjukhuset   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dental hygienist; Dentist; Gerodontology; Home nursing; Oral health; Oral health assessment; Reliabilty; Treatment intention; Treatment need; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH DISEASE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

AGED; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTISTS; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORAL HEALTH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034571942     PISSN: 03479994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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