This literature review focuses on dentistry's role in comprehensive health care for the elderly. The authors discuss the need for an interdisciplinary approach. They begin by analyzing the current situation in geriatric dentistry and related problems in Brazil, relating primarily to the lack of specific studies and human resources with training in geriatrics and gerontology. The authors emphasi...

1 Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Parkwood Hospital, St. Joseph’s Health Care London, London, Ontario, N6A 5A5, Canada 2 Gait and Brain Laboratory, Lawson Health Research Institute, the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5A5, Canada 3 Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, Robarts Research Institute, Department of Medical Biophysics, Schulich Schoo...

The aim of this review is to throw light on the interrelationship between periodontics, restorative dentistry and prosthodontics in geriatric population. Increased life expectancy along with appropriate dental treatment in the younger ages leads to retention of more number of teeth in the advanced ages. To maintain these teeth disease free and in function in the older individuals is a multi-fac...

Electrospun nanofibers have tremendous potential as novel scaffolds for tissue engineering of various soft and hard tissues because of thier high surface area, surface functional groups, interconnected pores, and nano-scaled size. In this chapter, we reviewed the types of the nanofibrous scaffolds that have been used as implantable biomedical devices and used electrospun nanofibrous guided tiss...

PURPOSE To quantify differences and recent changes in health status among patients attending the Geriatric and Special Needs Dentistry (GSND) and Family Dentistry (FAMD) clinics at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry. METHODS A total of 388 randomly selected records from patients attending the GSND or FAMD clinics from 1996-2000 or from 2006-2010 were reviewed. Univariate and bivariat...

Although some investigators imply that, pulp-capping procedures have no place in geriatric dentistry, a case is described in which a 61.year-old patient responded successfully to pulp-capping therapy with bridging of the exposure. Nine years later the patient presented a calcium-hydroxide-stimulated bridge that was still functioning to protect a vital pulp which, for the most part, was uninflam...

Due to the fact that people live longer, population ageing has occurred, thus manifesting chronic diseases have a multidimensional implication. The different person may present can cause frailty and involve oral health of elderly. Oral is related general as there link being analysed today. Thus, concepts functionality, geriatric syndromes, in elderly must be internalized carry out timely care i...