Survey of health care personnel's attitudes toward oral hygiene in long-term care facilities in Finland.
Kaija HiltunenNele FogelholmRiitta K T SaarelaPäivi MäntyläPublished in: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry (2019)
The health care personnel of long-term care facilities considered older adults' oral health important. Members of the health care personnel who showed a negative attitude with our scoring system toward older adults' daily oral hygiene indicated in their questionnaire responses the need for additional training and additional time for the task.