Effectiveness of health care worker training on the oral health of elderly residents of nursing homes

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-124

  Nicol, Robert ^a   Sweeney, M Petrina ^b   McHugh, Siobhan ^b   Bagg, Jeremy ^b  

^a Community Dental Service ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care home; Oral disease; Oral health education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHEILITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PATHOLOGY; SMOKING; STOMATITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHEILITIS; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTURES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; NURSING HOMES; ORAL HYGIENE; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; STOMATITIS, DENTURE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 15944419552     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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