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Geriatric restorative care - the need, the demand and the challenges
Increased life expectancy is causing an explosion of the aging population that will continue now and in the foreseeable future. Improved quality of life at old age will demand tooth retention and consequently the need for restorative care. Retaining teeth disease free and maintaining them amidst mul...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198545/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22025819 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-0707.85788 |
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author | Nadig, Roopa R Usha, G Kumar, Vinod Rao, Raghoothama Bugalia, Anupriya |
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description | Increased life expectancy is causing an explosion of the aging population that will continue now and in the foreseeable future. Improved quality of life at old age will demand tooth retention and consequently the need for restorative care. Retaining teeth disease free and maintaining them amidst multitude of risk factors associated with old age, is a multi- faceted challenge. This review article discusses the etiology of various dental diseases seen in older dentate population and their management keeping in mind the special needs of these matured people, so as to render a professional service that is sensitive and caring. |
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spelling | pubmed-31985452011-10-24 Geriatric restorative care - the need, the demand and the challenges Nadig, Roopa R Usha, G Kumar, Vinod Rao, Raghoothama Bugalia, Anupriya J Conserv Dent Invited Review Increased life expectancy is causing an explosion of the aging population that will continue now and in the foreseeable future. Improved quality of life at old age will demand tooth retention and consequently the need for restorative care. Retaining teeth disease free and maintaining them amidst multitude of risk factors associated with old age, is a multi- faceted challenge. This review article discusses the etiology of various dental diseases seen in older dentate population and their management keeping in mind the special needs of these matured people, so as to render a professional service that is sensitive and caring. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3198545/ /pubmed/22025819 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-0707.85788 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Conservative Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Invited Review Nadig, Roopa R Usha, G Kumar, Vinod Rao, Raghoothama Bugalia, Anupriya Geriatric restorative care - the need, the demand and the challenges |
title | Geriatric restorative care - the need, the demand and the challenges |
title_full | Geriatric restorative care - the need, the demand and the challenges |
title_fullStr | Geriatric restorative care - the need, the demand and the challenges |
title_full_unstemmed | Geriatric restorative care - the need, the demand and the challenges |
title_short | Geriatric restorative care - the need, the demand and the challenges |
title_sort | geriatric restorative care - the need, the demand and the challenges |
topic | Invited Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198545/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22025819 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-0707.85788 |
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