Oral disease experience of older adults seeking oral health services

Gerodontology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 96-103

  Ahluwalia, Kavita P ^a   Cheng, Bin ^b   Josephs, Philip K ^c   Lalla, Evanthia ^a   Lamster, Ira B ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Dental caries; Periodontal diseases; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MOUTH DISEASE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROOT CARIES; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952902481     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2009.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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