Indicators of oral health in older adults with and without the presence of multimorbidity: a cross-sectional study

Horacio Islas-Granillo,Socorro Aída Borges-Yáñez,José de Jesús Navarrete-Hernández,Miriam Alejandra Veras Hernández,Juan Fernando Casanova-Rosado,Mirna Minaya-Sánchez,Alejandro José Casanova-Rosado,Miguel Ángel Fernández-Barrera,Carlo Eduardo Medina-Solís

Indicators of oral health in older adults with and without the presence of multimorbidity: a cross-sectional study

2019

Horacio Islas-Granillo
Socorro Aída Borges-Yáñez
José de Jesús Navarrete-Hernández
Miriam Alejandra Veras Hernández
Juan Fernando Casanova-Rosado
Mirna Minaya-Sánchez
Alejandro José Casanova-Rosado
Miguel Ángel Fernández-Barrera
Carlo Eduardo Medina-Solís

Purpose The aim of this study was to determine whether there are differences in the distribution of various indicators of oral health among elderly people with and without multimorbidity (ie, two or more chronic diseases).

Keywords:

Diabetes mellitus
Physical therapy
Medicine
Gerontology
Multimorbidity
Cross-sectional study
severe periodontitis
Health care
Quality of life
Cohort
Internal medicine
Periodontitis
Tooth loss
Edentulism

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