Dental screening of older adults living in residential aged care facilities in Perth

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 321-326

  Stubbs, C ^a,b   Riordan, P J ^a  

^a Dept of Cardiology and Medicine   (Australia)

^b Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dental health surveys; Geriatric dentistry; Screening; Treatment need

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH DISEASE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; PERIODONTICS; STATISTICS; TOOTH CALCULUS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH DISEASES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; PERIODONTAL INDEX; ROOT CARIES; TOOTH DISEASES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0038660766     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2002.tb00545.x     Document Type: Article

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