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- Title
Dental treatment needs of homebound and nursing home patients.
- Authors
Strayer, Michael S.; Ibrahim, Maged F.
- Abstract
This article focuses on a strong relation between increasing age and the presence of multiple pathology. According to an audit of dental charts at the Ohio State University, Ohio, 80% of the elderly report the presence of at least one chronic condition. Over 13% of the elderly living in the community, along with the 5-6% residing in long term care institutions, have limitations in major activities of daily living. These functional limitations, in concert with the polypharmacy used to manage the elderly's multiple chronic conditions, present the dental profession with a unique patient management and dental care delivery concerns.
- Subjects
OHIO; UNITED States; GERIATRIC dentistry; PATHOLOGY; CHRONIC diseases; HEALTH facilities; PHARMACY; UNIVERSITIES & colleges
- Publication
Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology, 1991, Vol 19, Issue 3, p176
- ISSN
0301-5661
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0528.1991.tb00137.x