The oral health of seniors in Brazil: addressing the consequences of a historic lack of public health dentistry in an unequal society
Gerodontology2013Vol. 32(1), pp. 18–27
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Flamorion A. Fonesca, Kimberly Marie Jones, Danilo Cangussu Mendes, Pedro Eleutério dos Santos Neto, Raquel Conceição Ferreira, Isabela Almeida Pordeus, Andreá Maria Eleutério de Barros Lima Martins
Abstract
Our findings demonstrate that the elderly population in Brazil has a very high degree of need in general and that certain subgroups have been especially vulnerable to oral disease.
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