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Since the personal physician is likely to see the elderly patient far more often than the dentist does, he may be the first to spot signs of ill-fitting dentures, poor chewing ability, drug effects on the mouth, leukoplakia, and other oral problems described here.
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Chauncey et al. (1977) studied this question.
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