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Research review of oral health status and service use among institutionalized older adults in the United States and Canada
Author(s) -
Berkey Douglas B.,
Berg Robert G.,
Ettinger Ronald L.,
Meskin Lawrence H.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1991.tb01521.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gerontology , incidence (geometry) , oral health , service (business) , disease , population , environmental health , family medicine , pathology , physics , optics , economics , economy
United States and Canadian studies have reported that a relatively large proportion of the institutionalized, older adult population is afflicted with a host of dental diseases and rarely seeks dental services. Analysis of existing published information indicates areas of concern including the need for incidence data, consensus on appropriate measures, and samples that will provide representative and comprehensive information about compromised older adults, irrespective of institutional or homebound status . Special emphasis should be placed on determining risk factors for dental disease, through longitudinal study of older adults .