ABSTRACT
Article is devoted to the changes happening in an oral cavity and in oral liquid under the influence of preparations of the oncological diseases used for treatment. Considering that research of oral liquid belongs to one of noninvasive methods of diagnostics and can be used with success for definition and correction of conditions of the mucous membrane of an oral cavity at the patients of advanced and senile age passing polychemotherapeutic treatment, this type of research is the extremely perspective for a gerontostomatology.
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Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects , Diagnosis, Oral/methods , Mouth Mucosa/drug effects , Neoplasms/drug therapy , Saliva , Aged , Humans , Oral Medicine/methods , Saliva/drug effects , Saliva/metabolismABSTRACT
The article deals with the quality of life in old and very old persons in terms of their dental status. Oral mucous coat status is an important criterion in the evaluation of the status of other organism tissues, including dental and maxillary system tissues, and exerts a significant effect on the quality of life in old and very old persons.
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Aging/psychology , Quality of Life/psychology , Stomatognathic Diseases/psychology , Aged , Geriatric Assessment , HumansABSTRACT
The article presents a short review of the published data devoted to the age-related alterations of oral mucosa in the last decade.
