Oral health and treatment need among older individuals living in nursing homes in Skaraborg, Västra Götaland, Sweden

Swedish Dental Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 109-115

  Andersen, Elsebeth Söderpalm ^a,b   Söderfeldt, Björn ^b   Kronström, Mats ^c  

^a Public Dental Health Service   (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dentures; Elderly; Oral health; Teeth; Treatment need

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTURE; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTURE RETENTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; NURSING HOMES; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PROSTHODONTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 33845895734     PISSN: 03479994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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