Oral hygiene and oral symptoms among the elderly in long-term care

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 254-259

  Henriksen, Birgitte Moesgaard ^a   Ambjørnsen, Eirik ^b   Laake, Knut ^a   Axéll, Tony E ^c  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Natl Rsrc Ctr Oral Hlth Rare M   (Norway)

^c Oral and Maxillofacial Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Geriatric; Homebound; Institutional; Oral; Population

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTURE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOUTH; MOUTH HYGIENE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 11844273850     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2004.tb01702.x     Document Type: Article

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