Purpose: Evaluation of a customer-designed dental service network across the service sectors for geriatric patients. Context: The lack in accessibility of dental services and the non-awareness of possible dental causes to medical problems by clinicians often prevents the geriatric patient from receiving the dental care needed. In cooperation with the Dental Board a geriatric dentist was appoint...

Dental students should have knowledge of geriatric dental care and positive attitudes toward elderly patients. This study assessed senior dental students' knowledge of geriatric dental care and their attitude towards elderly patients. A descriptive cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted on volunteer senior students in all dental schools (n = 512) in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The...

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...

A fragmented workforce consisting of multiple disciplines with varying levels of training and limited ability to work as a team often provides care to older adults. Interprofessional education (IPE) is essential for preparing practitioners for the effective teamwork required for community-based, holistic, person-centered care of the older adults. Despite numerous programs and offerings to advan...

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...

Endocrine Unit (C.A., M.J.M., H.A.W.T., M.B.), Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114; Department of Endodontics (C.A.), Center for Dental Sciences, Gülhane School of Medicine, 06018 Ankara, Turkey; Departments of Neurology (N.A., N.W.K., A.D.) and Pathology (N.W.K.), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachuse...

The elderly population in Sweden is growing and as a result of that, society is facing different types of challenges. Oral hygiene is important for preventing oral disease but also for the general health (GH). A goal for the Swedish dental society is that every inhabitant should have an equal right to dental-care and oral health (OH) under the same conditions. This is not only a challenge for d...