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The effectiveness of a desensitization technique for mitigating oral and facial tactile hypersensitivity in institutionalized older persons: A randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Oral health care provision in long-term care settings is often limited by specific behaviors exhibited by residents, which may be interpreted as a refusal of care. Such behaviors can be attributed to oral tactile hypersensitivity (TH), which is characterized by aberrations in the...

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Autores principales: Shirobe, Maki, Hidaka, Rena, Hirano, Hirohiko, Ohara, Yuki, Endo, Keiko, Watanabe, Yutaka, Hakuta, Chiyoko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8189835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34141114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2020.09.014