Samenvatting

The questionnaire was completed by 36 third year nursing students. Results indicate that main reasons
for insufficient dental hygiene performed by nurses include insufficient knowledge of protocols, lack
of skills and time, opposition of the patient and low priority. In addition, respondents indicated that an
eHealth application with explanation, pictures, videos, examples and a reminder function and a
possibility for report could help nurses to optimize dental hygiene care in their elderly patients.