Acknowledgement Sincere appreciation now is expressed to the many volunteer workers and other persons, without whose cooperation and assistance the various aspects of this study would not have been possible, Special thanks are due Dr. Mamie JO Jones, and her staff, of the Georgia Department of Education, Services for Exceptional Children, and to Mrs. Louise Stewart, Executive Secretary, Georgia...

there is an escalating demand for geriatric oral healthcare in all developed and developing countries including india. two-thirds of the world’s elderly live in developing countries. this is a huge population that must receive attention from policy-makers who will be challenged by the changing demands for social and health services including oral health services. resources are limited thus rath...

Background: Health services for the elderly are becoming increasingly important in industrialized nations, and comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is one of the procedures designed to improve the health of this sector of the population. In 2003 a survey among Belgian geriatricians showed that despite the interest of the geriatric teams for comprehensive geriatric assessment, it was not use...

Alveolar distraction osteogenesis: a systematic literature review Lili Yang, Eduardo Yugo Suzuki, Boonsiva Suzuki Lili Yang, Eduardo Yugo Suzuki, Boonsiva Suzuki 1 D.D.S, Student of Doctor of Philosophy Program in Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University. 2 D.D.S, Ph.D, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty ...

1Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey 2Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN, USA 3University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA 4Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Istanbul Kemerburgaz University, Istanbul, Turkey 5Department of Cardiology, Endodontology and P...

Background National oral health policy was conscripted by the Indian Dental Association (IDA) in 1986 and was accepted as an integral part of National Health Policy (NHP) by the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare in one of its conferences in the year 1995. Objectives of this paper were to find out the efforts made or going on towards its execution, its current status and recent oral h...

OBJECTIVE the organisation of long-term medicine and geriatric medicine has undergone many changes during the last 15 years. The aim of this study is to gain an overall perspective of the present organisation of geriatric medicine in Sweden. DESIGN questionnaire survey. METHODS The Swedish Society for Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, in collaboration with the Federation of County Council...

1. Dental Spa Dental Clinic, Daejeon, Republic of Korea 2. Dept. of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Science, Sunmoon University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea 3. Dept. of Dentistry, U Dental Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea 4. Dept. of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea 5. Dept. of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Yonsei U...

1 Assosiated Professor, Dental Research Center, Dentistry Research Institute, Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 Professor, Dental Research Center, Dentistry Research Institute, Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3 Research Member, Dental Resear...