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Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population Demographic Changes in the Older Population

Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population : Demographic Changes in the Older Population [The increasing age of global populations will have profound implications for global economies and societies and particularly for health and social care services. Gerodontology is an area of dentistry particularly exposed to the effects of population ageing over the next three decades. Oral health surveys have revealed that, despite substantial improvements in numbers of dentate people, caries and periodontal disease remain persistent threats to oral health. In particular, there are large numbers of older people with heavily restored dentitions, the maintenance of which is likely to drive increased demand for gerontological services in the coming decades. Moreover, ageing populations are also likely to have an increased prevalence of comorbidities. Finally, ageing will increase pressures upon public healthcare systems and the economies that support them. Old Age Dependency Ratios are set to increase in nearly every country globally, so healthcare planners will need to consider how best to deliver more healthcare to a larger population of increasingly complex older people, within an increasingly restrictive budgetary context.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population Demographic Changes in the Older Population

Part of the BDJ Clinician’s Guides Book Series
Editors: Doshi, Mili; Geddis-Regan, Andrew
Clayton, Tom W.
Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population — Oct 6, 2022
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
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978-3-031-10223-3
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1 –21
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-10224-0_1
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Abstract

[The increasing age of global populations will have profound implications for global economies and societies and particularly for health and social care services. Gerodontology is an area of dentistry particularly exposed to the effects of population ageing over the next three decades. Oral health surveys have revealed that, despite substantial improvements in numbers of dentate people, caries and periodontal disease remain persistent threats to oral health. In particular, there are large numbers of older people with heavily restored dentitions, the maintenance of which is likely to drive increased demand for gerontological services in the coming decades. Moreover, ageing populations are also likely to have an increased prevalence of comorbidities. Finally, ageing will increase pressures upon public healthcare systems and the economies that support them. Old Age Dependency Ratios are set to increase in nearly every country globally, so healthcare planners will need to consider how best to deliver more healthcare to a larger population of increasingly complex older people, within an increasingly restrictive budgetary context.]

Published: Oct 6, 2022

Keywords: Epidemiology; Demographics; Population change; Disease prevalence; Workforce; Dental health services

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