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Oral health concerns for older adults.
Figure. Cut a slit in a tennis ball and insert the handle (A), or buy a toothbrush with a large handle, then insert the toothbrush handle into a hand grip made for a bicycle (B). Courtesy of National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health (Dental care everyday: a caregiver’s guide. Available at: http://www. nidcr.nih.gov/OralHealth/Topics/DevelopmentalDisab...
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The proportion of older people continues to grow worldwide, especially in developing countries. Non-communicable diseases are fast becoming the leading causes of disability and mortality, and in coming decades health and social policy-makers will face tremendous challenges posed by the rapidly changing burden of chronic diseases in old age. Chronic disease and most oral diseases share common ri...
متن کاملOral health, nutrition, and oral health-related quality of life among Korean older adults.
Oral health affects older adults and their quality of life. Oral care is reported to have a low priority in nursing care of older adults, and repeated assessments to detect oral health problems are seldom performed. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among level of oral health, nutrition, and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQL) and to identify predictors of O...
متن کاملImproving the oral health of older people: the approach of the WHO Global Oral Health Programme
The proportion of older people continues to grow worldwide, especially in developing countries. Non-communicable diseases are fast becoming the leading causes of disability and mortality, and in coming decades health and social policy-makers will face tremendous challenges posed by the rapidly changing burden of chronic diseases in old age. Chronic disease and most oral diseases share common ri...
متن کاملOral health in older patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia.
BACKGROUND oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD), aspiration and poor oral health status are potential risk factors in elderly patients with aspiration pneumonia (AP). AIM to assess the oral hygiene status and the prevalence of periodontal disease and dental caries in elderly patients with OD. PATIENTS AND METHODS fifty elderly patients (79.7 ± 6.64 years) with OD associated with ageing or neurologi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Dental Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0007-0610,1476-5373
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4813153