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Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population Medical and Psychosocial Considerations in Older Adults

Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population : Medical and Psychosocial Considerations in... [With an ageing population, the risk of chronic illnesses increases, and there is a greater risk that diseases and their treatments will interact. Multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and the syndrome of frailty are all more common as we age and each of these has specific effects and characteristics. Frailty is the loss of the ability to maintain homeostasis, so individuals with frailty are more likely to respond poorly to new medications, illnesses, and anything which changes or stresses their physiology. In addition, this chapter will explore several common problems that older people face (including falls, incontinence, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, osteoporosis, and nutrition) and the relevance of these on oral health and the provision of dental treatment.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Oral Health and Dental Care in the Ageing Population Medical and Psychosocial Considerations in Older Adults

Part of the BDJ Clinician’s Guides Book Series
Editors: Doshi, Mili; Geddis-Regan, Andrew
Preston, Joanna; Wilkinson, Iain
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
59 –78
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-10224-0_4
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Abstract

[With an ageing population, the risk of chronic illnesses increases, and there is a greater risk that diseases and their treatments will interact. Multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and the syndrome of frailty are all more common as we age and each of these has specific effects and characteristics. Frailty is the loss of the ability to maintain homeostasis, so individuals with frailty are more likely to respond poorly to new medications, illnesses, and anything which changes or stresses their physiology. In addition, this chapter will explore several common problems that older people face (including falls, incontinence, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, osteoporosis, and nutrition) and the relevance of these on oral health and the provision of dental treatment.]

Published: Oct 6, 2022

Keywords: Multimorbidity; Ageing; Frailty; Pathological processes

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