Cognitive impairment is associated with poor oral health in individuals in long-term care

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-207

  Henriksen, Birgitte M ^a   Engedal, Knut ^b   Axéll, Tony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caries; Cognitive impairment; Epidemiology; Long term care; Oral hygiene

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33646700539     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a10824     Document Type: Article

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