Oral Hygiene Practice of Geriatric Patients Attending Outpatient Department of a Tertiary Dental Hospital in Chennai, Tamil Nadu: A Descriptive Study

• Main Authors: S. Shree Lakshmi (Author), Aravind Sankara Warrier (Author), T. Manigandan (Author), Shanmuganathan Natarajan (Author), V. Gousalya (Author), Akshitha Konki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background Increasing disease burden will elevate public health expenditures having an impact on the economy. Literatures confirm a low utilization rate of dental services and a high oral health disease burden among elders which is regarded as a heterogeneous population in India. There is long term...