Development of a systematic oral care program for frail elderly persons

Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 151-155

  Sumi, Yasunori ^a   Nakamura, Yasunori ^b   Michiwaki, Yukihiro ^c  

^a CHUBU NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODOPHOR; POVIDONE IODINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; PERIODONTICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TONGUE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CAREGIVERS; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; IODOPHORS; MALE; MOUTHWASHES; NURSING HOMES; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL INDEX; POVIDONE-IODINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TONGUE; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0036652226     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2002.tb01180.x     Document Type: Article

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