Purpose: The growing geriatric population has unique and often complex oral health care
needs. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions regarding direct access …

Purpose: Research indicates that geriatric education continues to be inadequate across the
health professions and graduates are unprepared to care for the increasing numbers of …

Introduction: A s the population ages, educational health care programs must increase
efforts to provide geriatric health knowledge to students and to socialize them into settings …

Introduction: Australia's population is living longer and retaining more of their dentition.
While the demand for oral health services in residential aged-care facilities increases, there …

Geriatric education is an important component of the dental hygiene curriculum because, in
it, students acquire skills and attitudes to help provide quality care to older adults. The …

Introduction: Residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities face many oral health challenges,
which are often complicated by their underlying medical conditions, use of medications and …

Purpose This study examined the willingness of dental hygienists to work in long-term care
(LTC) facilities providing oral health care to the elderly. Methods In August 1995, a mail …

Abstract Purpose/Objectives Access to dental care for older adults is challenging, especially
for those living in rural areas. People living in rural areas are less likely to visit the dentist …

To cite this article: Int J Dent Hygiene 10, 2012; 128–137 DOI: 10.1111/j. 1601‐5037.2010.
00526. x Dickinson C, Beatty CF, Marshall D. A pilot study: are dental hygienists in Texas …

The aim of this study was to assess the current teaching of geriatric dentistry in US dental
schools and compare the findings to previous reports. Academic deans at all 67 US dental …