The prevalence and experience of oral diseases in Adelaide nursing home residents

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-130

  Chalmers, J M ^a   Hodge, C ^b   Fuss, J M ^a   Spencer, A J ^a   Carter, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Australian Dental Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caries; Dementia; Nursing homes; Oral health; Oral hygiene care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; ROOT CARIES; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASES; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 0036616110     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2002.tb00315.x     Document Type: Article

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