[Prosthesis treatment of nursing home residents. New prosthesis preparation or improvement of existing one?].
From a clinical point of view one should show restraint in preparing new dentures for elderly people. It is advised to improve existing dentures. This research project shows that both treatments in elderly, somatically handicapped, nursing home residents do not diminish their complaints and dissatisfaction. Obviously, they are best served by a problem-centred treatment.
de Baat
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Faculteit der Medische Wetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit te Nijmegen.
Kalk
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Felling
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van 't Hof
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003780:Denture Repair; D003778:Dentures / Q000592:standards*; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes