Tooth loss, chewing efficiency and cognitive impairment in geriatric patients

Gerodontology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-156

  Elsig, Fanny ^a   Schimmel, Martin ^a   Duvernay, Elena ^a   Giannelli, Sandra V ^b   Graf, Christoph E ^b   Carlier, Sabrina ^b   Herrmann, François R ^b   Michel, Jean Pierre ^b   Gold, Gabriel ^b   Zekry, Dina ^b   Müller, Frauke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

chewing; dementia; elderly; geriatrics; mild cognitive impairment; risk factor

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; ORAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 84929517270     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ger.12079     Document Type: Article

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