Elderly populations are rapidly increasing in many countries around the world. Dentists are increasingly facing patients with different kinds of systemic diseases and some dental diseases to which the elderly are particularly predisposed. In addition, some common dental problems in older people are extremely complicated and are not easy to treat. As we move into the 21st century, Taiwan is faci...

Senescence is marked by several transition in the physique, all of which have a contradictory impact on well-being and way living geriatric. As person grows older, nutrition becomes even more important. It has notable influence life quality, including physical mental health. Food intake decreases due to biological geriatric, consequently leading nutritional deficiencies that turn are primary po...

to investigate attitudes of iranian senior dental students towards preventive dentistry in relation to their background factors and self-perceived competency in providing preventive care.in spring 2008, a questionnaire survey was conducted with all the senior dental students of seven randomly selected state dental schools in iran. in addition to the respondents' age and gender, the voluntary qu...

The term “Geriatric Syndrome” is commonly used but ill defined. In publications, authors claim that all sorts of conditions are a “Geriatric Syndrome”, including, but not limited to, delirium,1 dementia,1 depression,2 dizziness,3 emesis,4 falls,1 gait disorders,1 hearing loss,1 insomnia,1 urinary incontinence,1 language disorders,1 functional dependence,5 lower extremity problems,6 oral and den...

Geriatric population is showing an increasing trend, owing to the increased awareness as well improved healthcare facilities and access. The aging Indian of modern-day has diverse more complex dental needs, unlike olden-days. Hence, authors propose innovative strategies cater needs geriatric in India. Barriers for provision care India are elucidated, which lack training, access problems financi...

Oral health is important to general health because stomatologic disease affects more than the mouth. Increasing preservation of teeth among present and future cohorts of older people has increased their risk for serious disease from oral pathogens. The intent of this paper is twofold: first, to alert non-dental health personnel to the significance of oral health and oral disease in the older ad...

background and aims. an absolute knowledge of a patient’s medical problems, especially in geriatrics, is crucial for providing safe and appropriate dental treatment in the context of any systemic dis orders, intake of medications, or other oral pathologies. the purpose of this article was to determine the prevalence of self-reported medical conditions and drugs used in periodontally compromised...

The growing number of individuals over the age of sixty-five with specific dental needs requires increased teaching efforts to adequately prepare predoctoral dental students. The study assessed whether such increases in undergraduate gerodontology teaching in German-speaking countries between 2004 and 2009 occurred. Questionnaires were mailed in 2004 and 2009 to all deans (n=37) and all departm...

AIM The present study has been envisaged to ascertain the old age for critical management of geriatric dogs considering the parameters of externally visible changes, haemato-biochemical alterations and urine analysis in geriatric dogs approaching senility. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was undertaken in the Department of Veterinary Pathology in collaboration with Teaching Veterinary Clinic ...