title: [Dental care in Hessian nursing homes for the aged. II: Oral hygiene awareness of inmates].
abstract: 325 inhabitants of several Hessian rest and nursing homes--of an average age of 81 years--have been viewed about their laymen's knowledge of dentistry, their daily oral hygiene, and their opinion about dental treatment. The majority of those senior probands did not realize any connection between insufficient oral hygiene and the origin of both caries and periodontal disease. They considered oral hygiene to be a matter of bodycare, not of medical prevention.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Wefers
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016321:Dental Care for Aged; D003753:Dental Health Surveys; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009910:Oral Hygiene
vernacular_title: Zur zahnärztlichen Betreuung hessischer Altenpflegeheime. Teil II: Das Mundhygienebewusstsein der Bewohner.