Relationship between oral hygiene practices and oral status in dentate elderly people living in residential homes

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 464-470

  Simons, D ^a   Brailsford, S ^b   Kidd, E A M ^b   Brighton, D ^b  

^a Principal Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oral disease; Oral hygiene; Perceived need

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL COUNT; CAREGIVER; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SALIVA; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE; YEAST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTURES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PERIODONTAL INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; ROOT CARIES; SALIVA; STATISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; YEASTS;

EID: 0035752620     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2001.290608.x     Document Type: Article

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