The application of facial expressions to the assessment of orofacial pain in cognitively impaired older adults

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 963-969

  Hsu, Kuo Tung ^a,b   Shuman, Stephen K ^a   Hamamoto, Parryl T ^a   Hodges, James S ^c   Feldt, Karen S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Seattle University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Facial expressions; Geriatrics; Orofacial pain; Pain assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547453662     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2007.0293     Document Type: Article

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