Edentulism and dental caries in Victorian nursing homes

Gerodontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hopcraft, Matthew S ^a   Morgan, Michael V ^a   Satur, Julie G ^a   Wright, F A Clive ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

dental caries; edentulism; nursing home; oral health; tooth loss

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTITION; DENTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG THERAPY; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTITION; DENTURES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DMF INDEX; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; NURSING HOMES; ORAL HYGIENE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TOOTH LOSS; URBAN HEALTH; VICTORIA;

EID: 84861649342     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2011.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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