A study to determine oral health needs of institutionalised elderly patients by non dental health care workers
- 1 August 1991
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
- Vol. 19 (4) , 233-236
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.1991.tb00153.x
Abstract
In this survey normative need as assessed by an examining dentist and the subject's own perceived need are compared with need assessed by untrained care workers. A method for simple assessment of elderly people on admission to day centres or elderly peoples' residential homes is described and its efficiency in use assessed during a survey of 41 subjects. Results suggest that use of a simple questionnaire can alert carers to problems requiring dental care – oral hygiene regimens can then be improved, dentures named and dentists called to provide treatment. Too often this type of initial assessment is neglected.Keywords
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