Caring for elderly long-term care patients: oral health-related concerns and issues.
Much work is needed to resolve the many issues of prevention in the complex environment of long-term care facilities and to provide effective curative care for individuals, no matter how frail, who could benefit from comprehensive dental services.
Macentee
Michael I
MI
Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, 2199 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3. macentee@interchange.ubc.ca
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016321:Dental Care for Aged / Q000379:methods*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control; D016330:Frail Elderly / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D009909:Oral Health; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D011788:Quality of Life