Cargando…

Oral health and orofacial pain in people with dementia admitted to acute hospital wards: observational cohort study

BACKGROUND: Orofacial pain in people with dementia is difficult to detect, and often under-treated. Our aim was to investigate the prevalence of orofacial pain in people with dementia in acute hospitals in the UK. Secondary aims were to examine oral health status and explore associations between oro...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: van de Rijt, Liza J. M., Weijenberg, Roxane A. F., Feast, Alexandra R., Vickerstaff, Victoria, Lobbezoo, Frank, Sampson, Elizabeth L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5966900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29792172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0810-7