Geriatrics education in u.s. dental schools: Where do we stand, and what improvements should be made?

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1270-1285

  Levy, Naomi ^a   Goldblatt, Ruth S ^a   Reisine, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Aging; Dental education; Elderly care; Geriatric dentistry; Medically compromised care; Older adult care; Oral health care for the underserved; Patients with special needs

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO CARE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MEDICALLY COMPROMISED CARE; OLDER ADULT CARE; ORAL HEALTH CARE FOR THE UNDERSERVED; PATIENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCESS TO CARE; AGING; DENTAL EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC DENTISTRY; MEDICALLY COMPROMISED CARE; OLDER ADULT CARE; ORAL HEALTH CARE FOR THE UNDERSERVED; PATIENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS;

AGED; CURRICULUM; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, DENTAL, GRADUATE; GERIATRIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886664855     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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