Decentralized public-funded oral rehabilitation programs and oral health-related quality of life of the elderly in Rural Kerala

• Main Authors: Vivek Narayan (Author), Mary Shimi S. Gomez (Author), Susan Thomas (Author), Arun Rao (Author), S Anilkumar (Author), Indu Raj (Author), Vidhya Parameswaran (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Edentulism among the elderly deteriorates the physical, social, and mental dimensions of oral and general health. Objectives: This study compared the changes in oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of the edentulous elderly following prosthetic rehabilitation with complete dentur...