{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Assessment of the oral health condition of nursing home residents by primary care nurses.
{Author}: Gerritsen PF;Schrijvers AJ;Cune MS;van der Bilt A;de Putter C;
{Journal}: Spec Care Dentist
{Volume}: 34
{Issue}: 6
{Year}: Nov-Dec 2014
暂无{DOI}: 10.1111/scd.12064
{Abstract}: We interviewed 36 primary care nurses in three Dutch nursing homes regarding the functional oral health and dental treatment needs of 331 care-dependent residents (average age 77.8 years). The nurses assessed the residents' oral health condition as good (8.3 on a scale of 0 to 10). Edentulous residents wearing dentures were considered to have better functional oral health than dentate residents wearing partial dentures and edentulous residents not wearing dentures. According to the nurses, only 9% of the residents required dental treatment. This finding is in contrast with an intraoral study of the same population, in which dentists determined that 73% of the residents needed dental treatment.