[Need and consent for stomatologic treatment in elderly citizens. A comparative analysis of elderly persons in their own home and residents of retirement and nursing homes in the Hildburghausen district].

Abstract

An analysis of the situation of dental care, in consideration of aspects of social hygiene, took place in the Hildburghausen district in 1986, using the method of interview and oral examination of 249 old aged peoples - living in homes for the aged and 155 pensioners - living in their own residences.