Assessment of oral hypofunction and its association with age among Korean community-dwelling older adults

• Main Authors: Hye-Jin Park (Author), Eun-Ha Jung (Author), Soo-Min Kim (Author), Seong-Chan Park (Author), Min-Ji Jo (Author), Yun-Seon Lee (Author), Sung-Hoon Kim (Author), Sun-Young Han (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Due to the increasing proportion of older adults in Korea and growing interest in aging, the concepts of oral aging and oral hypofunction have recently been introduced. Thus, it is necessary to investigate the age-specific oral function levels of Korean older adults and develop e...