Understanding the 'epidemic' of complete tooth loss among older New Zealanders

Gerodontology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-95

  Sussex, Philip V ^a   Thomson, W Murray ^b   Fitzgerald, Ruth P ^c  

^a NELSON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Complete tooth loss; Dental care; Edentulism; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTHORITARIANISM; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; NEW ZEALAND; ORAL HEALTH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH LOSS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77952935010     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2009.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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