Don't neglect oral healthcare in frail, elderly: study

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Don't neglect oral healthcare in frail, elderly: study

By Shereen Jegtvig NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Advancements in dentistry make it more likely that older adults will keep their teeth longer, which means ongoing oral healthcare is essential, a new study says. Unfortunately, it's not unusual for the frail and elderly to have poor oral hygiene. "Although during recent years increasing attention has been given to improving oral health care for frail old people, there is ample evidence showing that the oral health of elderly people, in particular of care home residents is (still) poor," researchers wrote in the journal European Geriatric Medicine. ...

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