If the oral health of your LTC clients is reflective of national trends, they are probably facing challenges that can be causing daily pain, discomfort, difficulty eating or be lending themselves to systemic diseases such as aspiration pneumonia and diabetes-both major concerns for LTC clients. This applies not only to the elderly, where studies show problems of epidemic proportions, but also for LTC clients or residents who may have trouble taking care of their own teeth and have problems getting transport to a regular dental cleaning and examination at a distant dental office.
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