Geriatric dentistry : a textbook of oral gerontology
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Copenhagen :
Munksgaard,
©1986
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. Biological aspects of aging.
- 1. The biological basis of aging.
- 2. Physiology of aging.
- 3. Aging of the cell.
- 4. Immunity and aging.
- 5. Aging of bone tissue. - 6. Age and changes in the teeth.
- 7. Age changes in the of the oral mucous membrane and periodontium.
- 8. Age changes in salivary glands and salivay secretion.
- II. Physiological and behavioral aspects of aging.
- 9. Aging from a psychological perspective.
- 10. The impact of the environment and social forces on aging. - 11. Communication in the relationship of the practitioner-aged patient relation ship. - III. General medical aspects on aging.
- 12. Medical aspects on aging and health of the elderly.
- 13. Nutrition in the elderly - implication for oral health.
- 14. Diseases in the elderly with implications for oral status and dental therapy. - 15. Psychiatric disorders in old age.
- 16. Pharmacology and aging.
- 17. Essential of the dental profession.
- 18. The epidemiology of oral diseases in older adults.
- 19. Pathology and treatment of dental caries in the aging individual.
- 20. Pathology and treatment of pulp diseases. - 21. Pathology and treatment of periodontal diseases.
- 22. Pathology and treatment of diseases in the oral mucous membrane and the salivary glands.
- 23. Oral and maxillofacial surgery of the geriatric patient.
- 24. Prosthetic considerations in geriatric dentistry.
- 25. Fixed prosthodontics in geriatric dentistry.
- 26. Oral implants and aged patients. - V. Dental services in the elderly population.
- 27. Demography impact of an expanding elderly population.
- 28 Planning dental services of the elderly population in a nation with maily publicly financed health care delivery system.
- 29. Dental services in the elderly population. Planning dental services for the elderly population in a nation with a mainly self financed helth care delivery sistem.
- 30. Dental care programs for chronically ill homebound patients, for residents of nursing home and for patients in geriatric hospitals.