Correspondence to: Simone Guimarães Farias Gomes Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba UNICAMP Av. Limeira 901 C.P. 52, CEP 13414-903, Piracicaba, SP, Brasil E-mail: [email protected] Received for publication: November 11, 2009 Accepted: March 20, 2010 Abstract The geriatric population has been growing fast over the last decades in Brazil and all over the world, changing demographics. Additi...

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the attitude of dental students towards elderly patients. This approach might increase the responsiveness and need of the geriatric dental education within the undergraduate dental students curriculum, which is the persistent necessity for today communities. Methods & Materials: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 201 students who were randomly s...

UNLABELLED Geriatric dentistry or gerodontics is the delivery of dental care to older adults involving the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of problems associated with normal aging and age-related diseases as part of an interdisciplinary team with other health care professionals. AIM To evaluate the oral mucosal status in the elderly population of different age group and fnd out the associ...

1 Department of Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA 2 Department of Oral Biology, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA, USA 3 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Seattle, WA, USA 4 Department of Medicine (Dermatology), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA 5 Department o...

Correspondence to: Célia Marisa Rizzatti-Barbosa Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba – UNICAMP Av. Limeira 901 C.P. 52, CEP 13414-903, Piracicaba, SP, Brasil Phone.: +55-19-2106-5373 Fax.: +55-19-21065218 E-mail: [email protected] Abstract According to the 2000 Brazilian Census, elderly people are over 14 million habitants. In consonance with what occurs worldwide, the Brazilian popula...

The use of a removable partial denture (RPD) in clinical practice remains a viable treatment modality. Various advancements have improved the quality of a RPD, subsequently improving the quality of life for the individuals that use them. This article describes four removable partial denture treatment modalities that provide valuable treatment for the partially edentulous patient. These modaliti...

Perfect health is a prize that has been the goal of mankind throughout all ages. It must be understood that there can be no separation between good bodily health and good dental health. A diseased body often produces a diseased mouth & a diseased mouth can often lead to a diseased body. Dentistry for the elderly must be practiced with increased awareness of the biologic factors since the adapti...

Dental providers are in an excellent position to identify elder abuse and neglect (EAN), yet they are often reluctant to report or intervene in cases of suspected elder maltreatment. This problem is widespread, and the negative impact of this dilemma cannot be ignored. In 1999, the American Dental Association's House of Delegates, through Resolution 44H-1999, urged constituent dental societies ...

this article was aimed to provide an overview and a perspective on the changing impact of cancers with increasing age on three age groups. a population based cancer registry was undertaken to register all new cancers cases from march 2006 to march 2007. during one year, 2023 (41.1%) of 4922 patients with cancer were ≥65 years. the five most common cancers (excluding skin cancer) were stomach, b...

Clinical learning in restorative dentistry is principally centred around the provision of patient care, yet we know very little about the learning processes occurring within the clinical environment. A study of undergraduate dental student clinical practice used a combination of group interview and questionnaire techniques to explore some of the characteristics of student/teacher interaction th...