introduction: dental malpractice is the failure of a professional person to render appropriate services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows. since dental implants have gained a special place in modern dentistry and this new treatment is a costly one, paying more attention to the prevention of malpractice is more import...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this longitudinal study was to examine the prognostic value of subjective memory complaints in 156 cognitively intact community-dwelling older adults with a mean age of 83 years. METHODS Participants were assessed for subjective memory complaints, cognitive performance, functional status, and mood at annual evaluations with a mean follow-up of 4.5 years. RESULTS Sub...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com criteria for MCI are still debatable, early detection of MCI is invaluable [4]. However, Petersen et al. [5] in 2004 has defined the essential features of these criteria for MCI include, memory complaint reported mostly by an informant, objective memory impairment for age, essentially preserved general cognitive function, and of course, largely inta...

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between cerebral amyloid deposition and overall clinical factors including cognitive functions in geriatric depression by using ¹⁸F-florbetaben positron emission tomography. Thirteen subjects aged over 60 years who had a history of major depressive disorder and also had subjective memory complaint were included. Of all subjects, 3 subjec...

OBJECTIVE Memory complaints are a common finding in outpatients, especially in psychosomatic and neurological practice. In a substantial group of patients persistent memory complaints are found in the absence of abnormal neuropsychology. Different labels such as "functional memory complaint" have been suggested for this phenomenon. We characterise a group of patients with such memory complaints...

EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS This study covers a group of elderly persons who suffer from chronic atrophic gastritis and resulting vitamin B12 deficiency. Increasing weakness, loss of memory, and mental depression were common symptoms and flatulent dyspepsia was sometimes a troublesome recurring complaint. These symptoms were improved by treatment with vitamin B12. Even if untreated, persons in this grou...

INTRODUCTION This study investigated the frequency of forgetfulness in elderly individuals over 55 years of age and examined the association of subjective memory complaints (SMCs) with objective cognitive functions,, depression and other risk factors. METHODS We recruited 405 patients over 55 years of age who were referred to Neurology, Cardiology, or Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation outpa...