Oral Health in the Long-Term Care Facility

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 214-224

  Wick, Jeannette Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticholinergic; Dental; Dentures; Edentate; Fluoride; Long term care; Oral health; Pharmacist

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; VITAMIN D;

AGING; ANEMIA; CHEWING GUM; CONSULTATION; DEMINERALIZATION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL FLOSS; DENTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HUMAN; INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; MINERALIZATION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHARMACIST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTHBRUSH; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; XEROSTOMIA; AGED; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PHARMACY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES;

EID: 77951573988     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2010.214     Document Type: Review

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