[Oral health assessment of seniors under outpatient care by family doctors : Development and validation of the geriatric outpatient oral health screening].

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite a high prevalence in the general practitioner (GP) and geriatric field, limitations of oral health of seniors under outpatient care in Germany are not routinely recorded. Since seniors with a high age visit GPs more often than dentists, the question arises whether an interdisciplinary screening instrument can be used to identify reduced oral health in routine practice.

Objective

The aim of the work was to develop a screening tool for reduced oral health for GPs and to validate this by dental examinations.

Material and methods

The geriatric outpatient oral health screening (GAMS) was developed as a subjective screening instrument to depict dental aspects relevant for geriatric patients, such as chewing problems, pain, periodontitis, bad breath or dry

SUBMITTER: Barbe AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8096727 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature