Assessment of oral health-care needs for patients under palliative care

• Main Authors: Atul Kumar Singh (Author), Rahul Mishra (Author), Harsh Kumar (Author), Leena Priya (Author), Harsha Vardhan Choudhary (Author), Kunal Kumar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Patients under palliative care and their caregivers often ignore the dental treatment and oral hygiene needs as a result of which they face many day to day problems, which include difficulty in chewing, halitosis, and dry mouth eventually deteriorating the quality of life. Objective: The...