Assessment of oral health status, treatment needs and oral health related quality of life among institutionalized elders of Bangalore city Karnataka- A cross sectional study
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Introduction: Oral health is commonly affected when elderly become care-dependent, it usually becomes worse and gets less attention. WHO Index age group has defined “senior citizen” or “older adults” as people belonging to the age group 65-74 years where sixty-five and older make upto 8.5% of the world’s population Studies assessing oral health in institutionalized elderly use a variety of definitions or descriptions for oral health. The main aim of this study was to assess the oral health related quality of life
and oral health status among institutionalized elderly population aged 60 years and above in Bangalore city.
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