title: Meeting the oral health needs of institutionalized elderly.
abstract: Numerous impairments cause suffering to the institutionalized elderly person. The medically compromised or severely demented patient, especially one with swallowing difficulties, presents a challenge to the dental practitioner. This paper summarizes typical geriatric dental problems that caregivers in a long-term care (LTC) facility should find recognizable. It also describes palliative and preventive treatment modalities that help improve the quality of life for such institutionalized patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center-New York, (DVAMC-NY) 10010-5050.
authors.forename: K U
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005850:Geriatric Dentistry / Q000592:standards*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009909:Oral Health; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D011314:Preventive Health Services