Dental practice implications of systemic diseases affecting the elderly: a literature review
Braz. j. oral sci
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7(27): 1691-1699, Oct.-Dec. 2008.
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: lil-521341
ABSTRACT
According to the 2000 Brazilian Census, elderly people are over 14 million habitants. In consonance with what occurs worldwide, the Brazilian population is growing older and the elderly are expected to be over 33 million by the year of 2025. Although geriatric dentistry has already been recognized as a dental specialty, there is a lack of specialists in this branch of dentistry, which means that general dentists and other dental specialists will be dealing more and more with these patients. Aged individuals are commonly affected by a number of systemic diseases that have an impact on their oral health, such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, oral cancer, osteoporosis, Alzheimers and Parkinsons diseases. Dental professionals must be prepared to treat properly these special patients. Therefore, the aim of this review article is to instruct dentist about these highly prevalent diseases affecting the elderly, as well as discuss their oral manifestations and dental implications, in order to propose a safe and adequate oral health care for these patients. Here we will shortly describe the diseases etiology, main signs/symptoms and medical treatment and will discuss about how to proceed with dental treatment in patients suffering from these pathological conditions.
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Assunto principal:
Saúde Bucal
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Saúde do Idoso
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Odontologia Geriátrica
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Doenças da Boca
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. oral sci
Assunto da revista:
Odontologia
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
University of Campinas/BR
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