Who is caring for the oral health of dependent institutionalised elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Public Health, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
² Department of Oral Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Centre of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁴ NWORTH Clinical Trials Unit, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK.

Editorial

G McKenna et al. Gerodontology. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;37(4):315-316.

doi: 10.1111/ger.12504.

¹ Centre for Public Health, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
² Department of Oral Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Centre of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁴ NWORTH Clinical Trials Unit, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

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