Discrepancy in medications reported by elderly patients in the dental office and in their electronic medical records: A pilot study.
María Teresa Abeleira-PazosEliane García-MatoMarcio Diniz-FreitasCarolina Muñoz-NavarroLucía Lago-MéndezEmma Vázquez-GarcíaBerta Rivas MundiñaPublished 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 (2024)
It is imperative to access the MMR of patients requesting dental care because a significant number of medications are not reflected in their DMR. These discrepancies may be particularly common and relevant in elderly patients, in whom multimorbidity and polypharmacy are more frequent.