Oral health is important and should be part of a care plan
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Oral health is important and should be part of a care plan

Nigel Carter CEO, Oral Health Foundation, Warwickshire

Enabling older people to look after their teeth helps prevent serious disease and allows them to maintain their dignity

A little more than a generation ago, about one in three adults in the UK did not have any of their natural teeth left. By the time older people visited a dentist, it would be for the provision of denture care and replacement dentures, which were relatively easy to organise.

Nursing Older People. 30, 4, 14-14. doi: 10.7748/nop.30.4.14.s13

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