Oral Health-Related Quality of Life, Oral Conditions, and Risk of Malnutrition in Older German People in Need of Care-A Cross-Sectional Study.
Gerhard SchmalzClara Rosa DenklerTanja KottmannSven RinkeDirk ZiebolzPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)
Older people in nursing settings show a high prevalence of oral diseases, risk of malnutrition and nearly unimpaired OHRQoL. Dental care should be fostered in these individuals, whereby OHRQoL might be a further hint for increased risk of malnutrition.