Considerations for the Prosthetic Dental Treatment of Geriatric Patients in Germany
Demographic changes in the industrialized countries require that dentists adapt to the growing and heterogeneous group of elderly patients and develop concepts for the dental care of fit, frail, and dependent old and very old people. In general, dental care for old and very old people should be base...
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| description | Demographic changes in the industrialized countries require that dentists adapt to the growing and heterogeneous group of elderly patients and develop concepts for the dental care of fit, frail, and dependent old and very old people. In general, dental care for old and very old people should be based on their individual everyday life. As a result of demographic changes, improved oral hygiene at home, and the establishment of professional teeth and denture cleaning, tooth loss occurs increasingly in higher ages, which implies that first extensive prosthetic rehabilitation with fixed or/and removable dental prostheses is shifting to a higher average age than ever before. This phenomenon requires that the individual diseases, potential multimorbidity and polypharmacy, and associated limitations are taken into consideration. Against this background, the current survey aims to summarize epidemiological trends associated with tooth loss, using Germany as a highly representative country for demographic changes as an example. Furthermore, the current narrative summary outlines general principles that should be followed in dental care, treatment of geriatric patients, and outlines current therapeutic options in prosthetic dentistry. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1c2bf727e68d4febb9b994b5c9c37c222023-12-03T13:22:17ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832021-01-0110230410.3390/jcm10020304Considerations for the Prosthetic Dental Treatment of Geriatric Patients in GermanyIna Nitschke0Anja Wendland1Sophia Weber2Julia Jockusch3Bernd Lethaus4Sebastian Hahnel5Clinic for Prosthetic Dentistry and Dental Materials Science, Leipzig University Medical Center, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Barmherzige Brüder Hospital, 93049 Regensburg, GermanyClinic for Prosthetic Dentistry and Dental Materials Science, Leipzig University Medical Center, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyClinic of General, Special Care and Geriatric Dentistry, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, SwitzerlandClinic for Oral, Maxillofacial, and Plastic Surgery, Leipzig University Medical Center, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyClinic for Prosthetic Dentistry and Dental Materials Science, Leipzig University Medical Center, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyDemographic changes in the industrialized countries require that dentists adapt to the growing and heterogeneous group of elderly patients and develop concepts for the dental care of fit, frail, and dependent old and very old people. In general, dental care for old and very old people should be based on their individual everyday life. As a result of demographic changes, improved oral hygiene at home, and the establishment of professional teeth and denture cleaning, tooth loss occurs increasingly in higher ages, which implies that first extensive prosthetic rehabilitation with fixed or/and removable dental prostheses is shifting to a higher average age than ever before. This phenomenon requires that the individual diseases, potential multimorbidity and polypharmacy, and associated limitations are taken into consideration. Against this background, the current survey aims to summarize epidemiological trends associated with tooth loss, using Germany as a highly representative country for demographic changes as an example. Furthermore, the current narrative summary outlines general principles that should be followed in dental care, treatment of geriatric patients, and outlines current therapeutic options in prosthetic dentistry.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/2/304gerodontologygeriatric assessmentprosthetic dentistryimplantdentureoverdenture |
| spellingShingle | Ina Nitschke Anja Wendland Sophia Weber Julia Jockusch Bernd Lethaus Sebastian Hahnel Considerations for the Prosthetic Dental Treatment of Geriatric Patients in Germany Journal of Clinical Medicine gerodontology geriatric assessment prosthetic dentistry implant denture overdenture |
| title | Considerations for the Prosthetic Dental Treatment of Geriatric Patients in Germany |
| title_full | Considerations for the Prosthetic Dental Treatment of Geriatric Patients in Germany |
| title_fullStr | Considerations for the Prosthetic Dental Treatment of Geriatric Patients in Germany |
| title_full_unstemmed | Considerations for the Prosthetic Dental Treatment of Geriatric Patients in Germany |
| title_short | Considerations for the Prosthetic Dental Treatment of Geriatric Patients in Germany |
| title_sort | considerations for the prosthetic dental treatment of geriatric patients in germany |
| topic | gerodontology geriatric assessment prosthetic dentistry implant denture overdenture |
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