Oral health conditions and frailty in Mexican community-dwelling elderly: a cross sectional analysis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Oral health is an important component of general well-being for the elderly. Oral health-related problems include loss of teeth, nonfunctional removable dental prostheses, lesions of the oral mucosa, periodontitis, and root caries. T...

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Main Authors: Castrejón-Pérez Roberto, Borges-Yáñez S, Gutiérrez-Robledo Luis M, Ávila-Funes J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/773