The elderly constitute the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. Dental schools must educate dental students so that they are competent and confident in managing the treatment needs of elderly patients. Programs in geriatric dentistry have been developed in response to the changing oral health needs of growing numbers of older adults. The purpose of this online survey was to identify ...

introduction: this survey was undertaken to assess self-reported oral health behaviour, oral and systemic conditions among functionally independent population in talash, north of iran. the question is whether there are any relationships between these variables. materials and methods: a total of 203 elderly subjects enrolled in this study 125 (61.5%) were males and 78 (38.4%) were females. all s...

The aim of this study was to assess the attitude of dental students towards elderly patients. This increased the awareness of the need of the geriatric dental education within the undergraduate dental curriculum, which is the pressing need for today. The study was carried out at the de,Montmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore –Pakistan. It was a descriptive cross sectional study. Study sample c...

AIM Though different teaching learning media have been employed in the instruction of geriatric dentistry, their efficacy has not been adequately evaluated. This study was conducted with the aim to determine the efficacy of a PowerPoint presentation in teaching gerodontology. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a prospective follow-up study using a pre- and post-intervention assessment. A pilot stu...

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...

Division of Aging and Geriatric Dentistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan Comprehensive Dentistry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan International Advance Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University International Advan...

Changing demography due to the increasing population of elderly persons the world over has raised new challenges in every sphere of life. The greatest challenge is to provide affordable, accessible, and equitable health care to this population. Oral health is an integral part of general health and affects physical and mental well-being and quality of life of elderly persons. To provide quality ...