Geriatric dentistry. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Lisa A. Thompson, Leonard J. Brennan.
• Editors: Thompson, Lisa A; Brennan, Leonard J
• Contents: ""Front Cover""; ""Geriatric Dentistry ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contributors""; ""Contents""; ""Dental Clinics Of North America ""; ""Preface ""; ""Erratum""; ""Our Current Geriatric Population""; ""Key points""; ""Defining old age""; ""Living arrangements""; ""Demographic trends""; ""Need for dental care""; ""Dentures""; ""Fixed Prosthodontics""; ""Operative Dentistry""; ""Endodontics""; ""Periodontology""; ""Dental care utilization""; ""Integration with primary care""; ""Clinical and chronic disease risk factors identifiable in the dental practice""; ""Summary""; ""References"" ""Physiology of Aging of Older Adults""""Key points""; ""Introduction""; ""Physiology of aging""; ""Systemic changes associated with oral health""; ""Cardiovascular""; ""Pulmonary""; ""Musculoskeletal""; ""Liver""; ""Kidney""; ""Oral and pharyngeal changes""; ""Dentition""; ""Enamel""; ""Dentin""; ""Pulp""; ""Cementum""; ""Periodontal Apparatus""; ""Oral Mucosa""; ""Saliva""; ""Taste and Smell""; ""Mastication, Speech, and Swallowing""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""Treatment Planning Considerations in Older Adults""; ""Key points""; ""Introduction""; ""Profile of older adults"" ""Goals of the treatment-planning process""""Review of conventional treatment planning""; ""Models of geriatric dental treatment planning""; ""Decision-making capacity, competency, and informed consent""; ""Authorsâ€? case report""; ""Presentation and Examination""; ""Factors in Assessment""; ""Factors in Planning and Implementation""; ""Treatment""; ""Alternative Treatment Comparisons""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""Oral Health Disparity in Older Adults""; ""Key points""; ""Introduction""; ""Epidemiology of edentulism and dental decay in older adults"" ""Prevalence of untreated dental caries in older adults""""Future trends""; ""Access to dental care for residents in long-term care facilities""; ""Long-Term Care Facilities""; ""Inadequate supply and geographic maldistribution of dental providers""; ""Inadequate Supply of Dentists""; ""Maldistribution of Dentists""; ""Economics of dental care""; ""Obstacles to older adult dental care""; ""Social implications of tooth loss and tooth decay in the elderly""; ""Impact on Employment""; ""Quality of Life""; ""Social implications of disparities in access or oral health care for older adults"" ""Summary""""References""; ""Oral Health Disparities in Older Adults""; ""Key points""; ""Introduction""; ""Epidemiology""; ""Risk factors""; ""Pathogenesis""; ""Oral health and AP""; ""Oral care to prevent AP""; ""Tentative guidelines for oral care of dependent, elderly patients to prevent respiratory infection""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""Oral Implications of Polypharmacy in the Elderly""; ""Key points""; ""Introduction""; ""Changes in the elderly population""; ""Age-related effects on the body""; ""The elderly and medications""; ""Most Common Anticholinergic Medications""
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (169 pages), illustrations (some color), maps, charts
• Subjects: 618.9776; Older people -- Dental care; MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics; Older people -- Dental care; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323326063; 0323326064
• Related ISBNs: 9780323326056
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 8, 2014).
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