Open AccessEvaluation of relationship between nutritional status and oral health related quality of life in complete denture wearers
Author(s) -
Rajlakshmi Banerjee,
Jaishree Chahande,
Sujoy Banerjee,
Usha Radke
Publication year - 2018
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/ijdr.ijdr_285_17
Subject(s) - medicine , malnutrition , dentures , quality of life (healthcare) , oral health , cross sectional study , gerontology , dentistry , nursing , pathology
The prevalence of malnutrition increases with old age, especially in developing countries like India, and it is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality, because of many factors out of which dentate status is one.