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The Oral Health Status of Nursing Home Residents: What Do We Need to Know?
Author(s) -
Guay Albert H.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2005.69.9.tb03998.x
Subject(s) - phone , summit , citation , library science , philosophy , computer science , linguistics , cartography , geography
Oral health care for elder residents of nursing homes often presents a challenge,[1][1]–[4][2] particularly to those individuals who must rely on caregivers for their daily oral health maintenance. These caregivers assume the daily responsibility for good oral hygiene practices that were once the