测量住院护理中老年人口腔干燥的情况

Farah Zahiah Ahmad Zainuddin1, Guangzhao Guan1, Graeme S Ting2

  • 1Department of Oral Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Gerodontology
|September 18, 2025
PubMed
概括

老年人口腔干燥很常见,但症状和唾液功能并不总是一致. 综合性评估对于有效诊断和治疗这种人群中的异口症至关重要.

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