Prevalence of Possible Dementia in Patients with Maxillofacial Defects and Difficulty of Inserting Obturator in Maxillectomy Patients: Toward Better Provision of Supportive Care

Prevalence of Possible Dementia in Patients with Maxillofacial Defects and Difficulty of Inserting Obturator in Maxillectomy Patients: Toward Better Provision of Supportive Care

As society ages, it is important to understand the prevalence of dementia and the difficulties of inserting prostheses in patients with maxillofacial defects in order to clarify issues in supportive care. We screened 183 patients for dementia using the revised Hasegawa’s dementia scale (HDS-R) at th...

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Main Authors: Hongli Yu, Haruka Fujita, Masako Akiyama, Yuka I. Sumita, Noriyuki Wakabayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-04-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
dementia
Hasegawa’s dementia scale
defect
maxillofacial prosthetics
difficulty of inserting maxillofacial prostheses
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/7/2722

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