Dental state in geriatric patients

Dental care in geriatric patients—a cross-sectorial service

Purpose: Evaluation of a customer-designed dental service network across the service sectors for geriatric patients. Context: The lack in accessibility of dental services and the non-awareness of possible dental causes to medical problems by clinicians often prevents the geriatric patient from receiving the dental care needed. In cooperation with the Dental Board a geriatric dentist was appoint...

Dental students' perceived barriers in geriatric dental care active involvement.

OBJECTIVES The present study assessed dental students' perceived barriers to geriatric dental care provision. METHODS Out of 512 dental students in Iranian dental schools were participated in the study 464 were completed the questionnaire. The mean age of the dental students was 25.5 ± 2.8 years; 67% were women. RESULTS Most of the participants (79%) did not have any training focused on ger...

Carcinoid and hypocoagulation state in geriatric patients: a rare case

Materials and methods We observed a 79-year-old patient suffering from high blood pressure and Alzheimer, with an history of periodic abdominal pain from almost 2 months and 10 Kg weight loss in the last month. In suspicious of a carcinoid, the patient underwent scintigraphy with In-111 showing the presence of two abnormal focal buildup of the trace compatible with the presence of a productive ...

Practical issues in delivering geriatric dental care.

Epistaxis in geriatric patients.

AIM Epistaxis is a common emergency in otolaryngology. The aim of this study is to analyze the etiology, management, and accompanying disorders of epistaxis in geriatric patients by reviewing the literature MATERIALS AND METHODS Data of 117 patients 65 years old and older who presented to the Department of Otorhinolaryngology with active epistaxis between 2004 and 2010 were retrospectively re...