Oral health status of elderly chinese with dementia in Hong Kong

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 51-57

  Chu, Chun Hung ^a   Ng, Alice ^b   Chau, Alex M H ^a   Lo, Edward C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caries; Chinese; Dementia; Elderly; Oral health status; Oral hygiene; Periodontal; Plaque; Salivary flow rate

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEMENTIA; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SALIVA; SECRETION (PROCESS); SECRETION RATE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH CALCULUS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DEMENTIA; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PILOT PROJECTS; SALIVA; SECRETORY RATE; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 84929027655     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a32343     Document Type: Article

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