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Oral Health For Seniors Four Ways to Keep Up Good Dental Hygiene As You Get Older Good dental hygiene and oral care habits are important at any age. But as you get older, you might find that your dental routine needs some tweaking.Oral...
The author discusses several concrete steps that the U.S. government can do to improve oral health and oral care for seniors.AhluwaliaSchoolKavitaSchoolEBSCO_bspAmerican Journal of Public HealthAhluwalia K. Oral health care for the elderly: more than just centures. Am J Public Health 2004;4(5...
Background The oral health of older patients is improved by adequate oral hygiene measures, but the effectiveness of each of the various component measures for this age group has not been definitively shown. A comparison was undertaken to determine which was better: using more intense mechanical ...
Objective: To assess the impact of an intervention (improved training for and systematic provision of oral health services by caregivers) on the oral health status of homebound seniors in NYC. Methods: Pre-post quasi-experimental study with home care clients assigned to experimental and comparison ...
Oral Health For Seniors A healthy mouth in our older years is a crucial quality-of-life concern. EnglishSpanish Keeping Your Teeth Healthy in your Golden Years Your dental health becomes more important as you grow older. EnglishSpanish
Indeed, generalizing the unique oral health needs of seniors should be done with care because adults 65 and over vary widely in their independence, their manual dexterity to care for their teeth, their use of medications that are destructive to teeth, their economic resources, and even their abi...
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perception, and quality of life. Periodontitis, the prevalence of which also increases with age, affects the majority of seniors [8,9], is causally linked with aspiration pneumonia, resulting in morbidity, hospitalization, and mortality [8]. Further, poor oral health is linked to, and ...
The purpose of the project was to identify the oral health status and needs of the older adult population ≥60 years old in Illinois for policy decisions and to help identify possible need for oral health interventions. No baseline data has previously been collected on this population in Illinois...