Relationship between the state of tongue hygiene and the number of residual teeth in convalescent-ward inpatients, cross- sectional study

Abstract Background The changed disease landscape in Japan because of an increasing aging population has contributed to an increase in convalescent inpatients, warranting important considerations of their oral care needs. However, information on the oral state of these inpatients is scarce. We evalu...

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Main Authors: Kanako Hayashi, Maya Izumi, Ayaka Isobe, Yuhei Mastuda, Sumio Akifusa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Oral Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12903-019-0869-3