Dental caries in older adults in the last year of life

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1345-1350

  Chen, Xi ^a   Clark, Jennifer J ^b   Preisser, John S ^b   Naorungroj, Supawadee ^b   Shuman, Stephen K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

dental caries; end of life; older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CLINIC; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH HYGIENE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; RISK; SOCIAL STATUS; TERMINAL CARE;

DENTAL CARIES; END OF LIFE; OLDER ADULTS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RECORDS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MINNESOTA; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84882263433     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12363     Document Type: Article

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