Oral health status and treatment need among institutionalized elderly in India

• Main Authors: S Sabiha Shaheen (Author), Suhas Kulkarni (Author), Dolar Doshi (Author), Srikanth Reddy (Author), Padma Reddy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: To assess the oral health status and treatment needs among elderly people aged 60 years and above residing as inmates in the old age homes of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. Settings and Design: A cross-sectional study was performed to determine the oral health status and tre...