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Geriatric Dental Medicine, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
- 1st Edition, Volume 39-2 - April 14, 2023
- Editors: Joseph M. Calabrese, Michelle M. Henshaw
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 2 9 2 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 2 9 3 - 8
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.
Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice.
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Demographics and Oral Health Care Utilization for Older Adults
- Key points
- Definition of older adults
- Changes in living arrangements and conditions
- Demographic trends
- Increasing dental care needs and demand
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Oral Health Disparities and Inequities in Older Adults
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Physiology of Aging of Older Adults: Systemic and Oral Health Considerations—2021 Update
- Key points
- Introduction
- Physiology of aging
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Geriatric Phenotypes and Their Impact on Oral Health
- Key points
- Introduction
- Infection and inflammation
- Nutrition and malnutrition
- Weight loss
- Muscle weakness
- Falls
- Polypharmacy
- Hyposalivary function
- Edentulism
- Cognitive declines
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Poor Oral Health in the Etiology and Prevention of Aspiration Pneumonia
- Key points
- Introduction/History/Definitions/Background
- Epidemiology
- Microbiology
- Pathogenesis
- Risk factors
- Oral health and aspiration pneumonia
- Suggestions for oral care of dependent, elderly patients to prevent aspiration pneumonia
- Clinics care points
- Summary
- Oral Implications of Polypharmacy in Older Adults
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Assessment
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults and Oral Health Considerations: Treatment and Management
- Key points
- Introduction
- Cognition and daily living
- Why activities of daily living and independent activities of daily living matter
- Geriatric evaluation overview
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Dementia
- Alzheimer disease
- Informed consent for the cognitively impaired older adult
- Multidisciplinary approach
- Treatment goals
- Maintenance management
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Consideration in Planning Dental Treatment of Older Adults
- Key points
- Introduction
- Treatment planning
- How do dentists make decisions?
- Rational treatment planning
- Mrs LL case
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Interdisciplinary Education and Health Care in Geriatric Dental Medicine
- Key points
- Introduction
- Interprofessional education
- Existing models of interdisciplinary practice for geriatric patients
- Interprofessional education models in health profession education
- Moving forward: a shift to interprofessional geriatric practice
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Innovations in Geriatric Oral Health Care
- Key points
- Introduction to innovations in geriatric oral health care
- Innovations in clinical oral health care
- Innovations in models of care to improve access to care
- Innovations in funding models
- Innovations in research
- Innovations in education
- Innovations in policy and collaboration
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 39-2
- Published: April 14, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443182921
- eBook ISBN: 9780443182938
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Joseph M. Calabrese
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Dean of Students, Director of Geriatric , Dental Medicine, Clinical Professor, Department of General Dentistry, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Attending Dentist, Department of Medicine, Hebrew SeniorLife, Attending Dentist, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MassachusettsMH
Michelle M. Henshaw
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Dean, Global and Population Health, Professor, Department of Health Policy and Health , Services Research, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts