Geriatric Dentistry, An Issue of Dental Clinics of North America

This issue of Dental Clinics, edited by Lisa A. Thompson and Leonard J. Brennan, focuses on Geriatric Dentistry. Articles include: Our Current Geriatric Population: Demographic and Oral Health Care Utilization; Physiology of Aging of Older Adults: Systemic and Oral Health Considerations; Treatment Planning Considerations in Older Adults; Oral Health Disparity in Older Adults: Dental Decay and Tooth Loss; Oral Health Disparities in Older Adults: Oral bacteria, Inflammation and Aspiration Pneumonia; Salivary Function and Xerostomia and the Implications of Polypharmacy in Elderly; Systemic and Oral Health; Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults and Oral Health considerations: Treatment and Management; Integrating Oral Health into the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Curriculum; Innovations in Dental Care Delivery for the Older Adult; and more!

Product details

• Authors: Lisa A. Thompson, Lisa A. (Harvard School of Dental Medicine) Thompson, Thompson Lisa A.
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Science
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780323326056
• ISBN: 978-0-323-32605-6
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 254 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 390 g
• Series: The Clinics: Dentistry; The Clinics: Dentistry
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Dentistry / General, dentistry, MEDICAL / Geriatrics, Geriatric medicine, Dentistry and related oral medicines