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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
[Promotion of oral health in the elderly. Use of a videotape]
1Ivoren Kruis, Nederlandse Vereiniging voor Mond- en Tandhygiene, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
In dentistry dental health promotion of elderly people will be of growing interest. General health promotion is subdivided in two components: education and structural interventions. Stereotypes, dominating both (dental) health care providers and elderly people, are barriers for manifestation of elderly people's dental information needs. A recently developed videotape can be used as a start of such a structural intervention.
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