Dental Caries, Problems Perceived and Use of Services among Institutionalized Elderly in 3 Regions of Quebec, Canada

Objectives: To determine the changes, since 1980, in the number of nontreated caries in elderly people who have retained their teeth and are in residential and long-term care centres (CHSLDs) in the province of Quebec, Canada, and the changes in their perception of their oral health problems and use of dental services.