Improving oral hygiene for edentulous bedridden patients
- MOJ Gerontology & Geriatrics
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Bianca Morandi,1 Tatiane Gonçalves Duque,2Vânia Cristina Pintaudi Amorim,3 Tânia e Silva Pulicano Lacerda3
Associate Professor of Dentistry, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo and São Leopoldo Mandic Graduate Center, Brazil
Keywords
elderly population, age group, namely bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, feeding, listening to music, elderly patient’s, functional capacity, cleaning dentures, improving self-esteem, limitations, family members, clean mouth and tongue, bedridden patients, oral hygiene