Opinions of dentists on the barriers in providing oral health care to community‐dwelling frail older people: a questionnaire survey

ConclusionDentists experienced barriers in two domains; a lack of knowledge and practical circumstances. It was concluded that the dentist's gender, age, year of graduation and the number of patients aged 75 years or more treated weekly were in some respect, related to the barriers encountered.

Source: Gerodontology - November 12, 2014 Category: Dentistry Authors: Pieternella C. Bots‐VantSpijker, Josef J.M. Bruers, Casper P. Bots, Jacques N.O. Vanobbergen, Luc M.J. De Visschere, Cees Baat, Jos M.G.A. Schols Tags: Original Article Source Type: research