The Importance of Oral Health in Long-Term Care

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 667-671

  Haumschild, Mary S ^a,b   Haumschild, Ryan J ^c  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massaro and Massaro DMD   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

dental care in long term care; dental health care in nursing homes; oral care in nursing homes; oral to systemic disease; Oral to systemic health; oral systemic disease; oral systemic health

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENTAL CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUTH INFLAMMATION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PANCREAS CANCER; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STROKE;

EID: 70350370747     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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