Research progress on intervenable factors of poor oral health in elderly people
The elderly people have a high incidence rate of poor oral health,which seriously affects their quality of life.Identifying the influencing factors of poor oral health and taking the targeted intervention meas-ures are of great significance for promoting the oral health.This article reviews the related literatures on oral health of the elderly people at home and abroad,and reviews the intervenable factors of the poor oral health in the elderly people from four aspects of the oral environment,lifestyle,oral health literacy and geriatric syn-drome,aiming to provide reference for the oral health problem prevention of the elderly peoples.
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