Clinical considerations in geriatric dentistry: integrated treatment plan

Authors

  • William Custodio Universidade de Campinas
  • Carolina Beraldo Meloto Universidade de Campinas
  • Simone Guimarães Farias Gomes Universidade de Campinas
  • Célia Marisa Rizzatti Barbosa Universidade de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17267/2596-3368dentistry.v1i1.6

Keywords:

Treatment Planning, Elderly, Geriatric Dentistry

Abstract

Demographic changes reveal an increase in the elderly population whose oral and overall health are directly correlated. This dynamic interaction as well the physiologic alterations associated to the aging process, requires dentists to expand their expertise to acquire a global view of the elderly subject which became possible the proposition and implementation of an efficient integrated treatment planning that achieve the wishes and real necessities of the odontogeriatric patient. The complexity of the elderly subject due to the higher susceptibility to systematic a local pathologies, usage of polypharmacy and inherent debility, among others factors showed the importance of the systematic and detail approach concerning the treatment planning, a clinical step usually despised. The aim of this study is to discuss, through a literature review, the specificities of the treatment planning of the elderly patients considering its biopsicosocial characteristics in a clear and objective way.

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Author Biographies

  • William Custodio, Universidade de Campinas
    Aluno do Doutorado do Programa de Pós-Graduação
    em Clínica Odontológica, Área de concentração Prótese
    Dental, FOP-UNICAMP.
  • Carolina Beraldo Meloto, Universidade de Campinas
    Aluna de Mestrado do Programa de Pós-Graduação em
    Clínica Odontológica, Área de concentração Prótese
    Dental, FOP-UNICAMP.
  • Simone Guimarães Farias Gomes, Universidade de Campinas
    Aluno(a) de Doutorado do Programa de Pós-Graduação
    em Clínica Odontológica, Área de concentração Prótese
    Dental, FOP-UNICAMP.
  • Célia Marisa Rizzatti Barbosa, Universidade de Campinas
    Professora Titular da Disciplina de Prótese Parcial
    Removível do Departamento de Prótese e Periodontia,
    FOP-UNICAMP.

Published

2018-06-29

Issue

Section

Literature Review

How to Cite

Clinical considerations in geriatric dentistry: integrated treatment plan. (2018). Journal of Dentistry & Public Health (inactive Archive Only), 1(1). https://doi.org/10.17267/2596-3368dentistry.v1i1.6

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