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Meeting Oral Health Needs to Promote the Well‐Being of the Geriatric Population: Educational Research Issues
Author(s) -
Ettinger Ronald L.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2010.74.1.tb04851.x
Subject(s) - geriatric care , gerontology , dental care , oral health , health care , medical education , medicine , psychology , geriatric dentistry , oral health care , nursing , family medicine , political science , law
This article reviews some of the more recent demographic changes affecting aging populations. The author expands the concept of aging to include persons who may be chronologically young but biologically old because they are medically compromised or developmentally disabled. It is not known how many persons can be included in this definition who will need care, and the question is what are their needs and how are we going to teach dental students and dentists to care for them. These problems are discussed, and some models of care are described.