Hospital dentistry and the occurrence of pneumonia
Objective: To determine the oral health conditions of the elderly patients hospitalized and restricted to the bed and to correlate with the development of infections at a distance, especially pneumonia. To verify if the daily follow-up of the dental surgeon improves oral health and reduces the occur...
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic
2019-05-01
|
Series: | RGO: Revista Gaúcha de Odontologia |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-86372019000100805&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en |