Improving oral hygiene in the long-term care of the elderly - A RCT

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 261-268

  Zenthöfer, Andreas ^a   Dieke, Reinhard ^a   Dieke, Anke ^a   Wege, Karl Christian ^a   Rammelsberg, Peter ^a   Hassel, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

elderly; oral hygiene; RCT

Indexed keywords

MOUTHWASH; TOOTHPASTE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL DEVICE; DENTURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOUTHWASHES; ORAL HYGIENE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTES;

EID: 84876702313     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12007     Document Type: Article

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