Oral health and orofacial pain in older people with dementia: a systematic review with focus on dental hard tissues

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 17-32

  Delwel, Suzanne ^a   Binnekade, Tarik T ^a   Perez, Roberto S G M ^b   Hertogh, Cees M P M ^b   Scherder, Erik J A ^a   Lobbezoo, Frank ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Dementia; Elderly; Facial pain; Gerodontology; Oral health; Stomatognathic disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPLICATION; DEMENTIA; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTURE; DMF INDEX; FACE PAIN; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; TOOTH DISEASE;

AGED; DEMENTIA; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTURES; DMF INDEX; FACIAL PAIN; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; ORAL HEALTH; ROOT CARIES; TOOTH DISEASES; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 84986328594     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-016-1934-9     Document Type: Review

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