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Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population A Mouth Through Time: Age-Related Changes to the Oral Tissues and Related Structures

Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population : A Mouth Through Time: Age-Related Changes... [Throughout life, as we age, our mouths gradually change. This is partly due to the development and maturation of the teeth and other oral tissues and partly due to the impact of genetic, lifestyle, and socio-economic factors. As a result of these physiological and pathological influences, our teeth and other oral tissues will change in terms of appearance and function. It is necessary for dental professionals to understand how the mouth changes at different stages of life and appreciate the often significant problems that can affect people in later life. Not only are the oral disease processes often subtly different, but the ability of the person to respond to preventive measures and dental treatments can diminish with advancing years. This chapter considers these factors in the context of explaining the development of the normal dentition and other oral tissues and describing the numerous physiological and pathological changes that we are likely to encounter when meeting and caring for older people.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population A Mouth Through Time: Age-Related Changes to the Oral Tissues and Related Structures

Part of the BDJ Clinician’s Guides Book Series
Editors: Doshi, Mili; Geddis-Regan, Andrew
Ashley, Martin
Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population — Oct 6, 2022
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
ISBN
978-3-031-10223-3
Pages
23 –39
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-10224-0_2
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Abstract

[Throughout life, as we age, our mouths gradually change. This is partly due to the development and maturation of the teeth and other oral tissues and partly due to the impact of genetic, lifestyle, and socio-economic factors. As a result of these physiological and pathological influences, our teeth and other oral tissues will change in terms of appearance and function. It is necessary for dental professionals to understand how the mouth changes at different stages of life and appreciate the often significant problems that can affect people in later life. Not only are the oral disease processes often subtly different, but the ability of the person to respond to preventive measures and dental treatments can diminish with advancing years. This chapter considers these factors in the context of explaining the development of the normal dentition and other oral tissues and describing the numerous physiological and pathological changes that we are likely to encounter when meeting and caring for older people.]

Published: Oct 6, 2022

Keywords: Oral health; Dental anatomy; Dentine; Enamel; Ageing

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