MEDICAL PROBLEM, CONCEQUENCES TO ORAL CARE IN GERIATRIC PATIENT
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چکیده
Introduction: Oral and maxillofacial tissue status has a significant impact on the systemic health of elderly patients. Elderly patients without oral diseases are rare to find by dentists. Literature Review: Prevention treatment for caries periodontal should be done patients, except in particular conditions when its not worth risks treatments. Although relationship between is still controversial unresolved, it can assumed that have greater risk acute chronic infections due use various drugs medical disorders, impaired immune function, age related kidney, liver cardiovascular dysfunction. Conclusion: While duty, dentists who provides care must know history review, understands general problems affects elderly.Keyword : problem, elderly,
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عنوان ژورنال: Jurnal Kedokteran Diponegoro
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2540-8844']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14710/dmj.v10i1.29985