Geriatric Dentistry - Surmounting the Challenges
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Geriatric dentistry: a changing paradigm.
VOLUME 45 • NUMBER 4 • APRIL 2014 The practice of dentistry has changed dramatically. Technology, patient expectations, life expectancy, dental therapy, and the internet have had a profound impact on the dentistry of today. Baby boomers are living longer and are more affluent, better educated, and living healthier and more productive lives. Unlike previous generations, they have benefitted from...
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BACKGROUND Many nations are facing a demographic shift in the age profile of their population, leading the World Health Organization to a 'Call for Public Health Action' on the oral health of older people. METHODS A search of the literature relevant to geriatric dentistry teaching was undertaken using MEDLINE, Web of Science, Eric and Psychlit. A search of dental professional school websites ...
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Predoctoral dental students from University of the Pacific School of Dentistry provide initial and yearly dental evaluations for participants of On Lok Senior Health Services on site at On Lok centers. Student dentists also complete some dental procedures including denture fabrication, adjustments and repairs, hard and soft relines, scaling/root planing, polishing, and limited restorative treat...
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In October 2005, I participated in a geriatric dentistry workshop sponsored by the British Columbia Dental Association (BCDA). The topic of my presentation was delivering dental care to the patient and a facility in a mobile setting. I believe the reason that this workshop was successful was that the faculty of dentistry at the University of British Columbia, with the support of BCDA, has begun...
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Historically, asthma has been envisioned as a disease of younger ages. This has led to the assumption that respiratory symptoms suggestive of asthma occurring in older ages are to be attributed to conditions other than asthma, mainly COPD. Old observational reports and new epidemiological studies confirm that asthma is as frequent in older as it is in younger populations. Nevertheless, under-re...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2455-8737
DOI: 10.23958/ijirms/vol01-i04/05