The impact of a preventive and curative oral healthcare program on the prevalence and incidence of oral health problems in nursing home residents.

AIMS:To assess the impact of an oral healthcare program in nursing homes on the initial treatment backlog and residents' oral health stability. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study is a longitudinal cohort study in nursing home residents in Flanders, Belgium, to evaluate the oral healthcare programm...

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Main Authors: Barbara Janssens, Jacques Vanobbergen, Mirko Petrovic, Wolfgang Jacquet, Jos Mga Schols, Luc De Visschere
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5997339?pdf=render