Dental visit avoidance during the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic is associated with oral frailty in <scp>Japanese</scp> community‐dwelling older adults
Our study showed a greater oral frailty prevalence among community-dwelling older adults who avoided dental visits because of COVID-19. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2025; 25: 758-763.
Authors
- Yosuke Osuka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5744-1961)
- Tsuyoshi Okamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5879-6051)
- Asuka Takeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8677-4757)
- Masanori Iwasaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5739-2936)
- Keiko Motokawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3741-0340)
- Maki Shirobe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2478-8202)
- Fumiko Miyamae (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7989-3168)
- Shuichi Awata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6861-6977)
- Hiroyuki Sasai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8120-6163)
- Hiroki Inagaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5011-7974)
- Narumi Kojima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5742-0389)
- Hirohiko Hirano
Institutions
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- National Institute of Public Health (JP)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology (JP)
- National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Geriatrics and gerontology international/Geriatrics & gerontology international
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.70039
- Primary Topic
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science