Open AccessOral health status and treatment need among institutionalized elderly in India
Author(s) -
S Sabiha Shaheen,
Suhas Kulkarni,
Dolar Doshi,
Srikanth Reddy,
Padma Reddy
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.172045
Subject(s) - medicine , dentition , oral health , dentistry , population , gerontology , environmental health
To assess the oral health status and treatment needs among elderly people aged 60 years and above residing as inmates in the old age homes of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.