Preparing the dental workforce for oral disease prevention in an aging population

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1086-1094

  Dounis, Georgia ^a   Ditmyer, Marcia M ^a   McClain, Mildred A ^a   Cappelli, David P ^b   Mobley, Connie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging population; Health promotion; Interdisciplinary educational curricula; Older adults; Oral disease prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

AGED; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; EDUCATION, DENTAL; GERIATRIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77958184173     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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