Rapid Oral Health Deterioration in Older People—A Narrative Review from a Socio-Economic Perspective
Poor oral health is a common morbidity in old age with older adults less likely to attend dental care and more likely to have dental disease; this situation is exacerbated by older adults retaining more teeth often with complex restorations. Evidence suggests that some older adults experience rapid...
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| description | Poor oral health is a common morbidity in old age with older adults less likely to attend dental care and more likely to have dental disease; this situation is exacerbated by older adults retaining more teeth often with complex restorations. Evidence suggests that some older adults experience rapid oral health deterioration (ROHD). While more clinical and population level evidence is needed, current evidence suggests upstream changes addressing disadvantage through the social determinants of health (SDH) may impact broader disorders such as ROHD, often occurring as older adults become dependent. The aim of this paper is to conduct a narrative review to explore the social determinants of ROHD in older adults. The social determinants of health are important in understanding oral health including ROHD. This includes the important influence of the economic determinants. We explored the SDH as relevant to oral health and ROHD including using a framework based on that of the Fisher-Owens conceptual model (for children) but adapted for older adults. Better understanding of these relationships is likely to assist in future prevention and care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b46214f830f46768196702b6d3523552023-11-17T11:52:17ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832023-03-01126239610.3390/jcm12062396Rapid Oral Health Deterioration in Older People—A Narrative Review from a Socio-Economic PerspectiveLinda Slack-Smith0Gina Arena1Lydia See2School of Population and Global Health M431, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, AustraliaSchool of Population and Global Health M431, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, AustraliaSchool of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, 288 Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, AustraliaPoor oral health is a common morbidity in old age with older adults less likely to attend dental care and more likely to have dental disease; this situation is exacerbated by older adults retaining more teeth often with complex restorations. Evidence suggests that some older adults experience rapid oral health deterioration (ROHD). While more clinical and population level evidence is needed, current evidence suggests upstream changes addressing disadvantage through the social determinants of health (SDH) may impact broader disorders such as ROHD, often occurring as older adults become dependent. The aim of this paper is to conduct a narrative review to explore the social determinants of ROHD in older adults. The social determinants of health are important in understanding oral health including ROHD. This includes the important influence of the economic determinants. We explored the SDH as relevant to oral health and ROHD including using a framework based on that of the Fisher-Owens conceptual model (for children) but adapted for older adults. Better understanding of these relationships is likely to assist in future prevention and care.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/6/2396oral diseaseolder adultsrapid oral health deteriorationsocial determinants of health |
| spellingShingle | Linda Slack-Smith Gina Arena Lydia See Rapid Oral Health Deterioration in Older People—A Narrative Review from a Socio-Economic Perspective Journal of Clinical Medicine oral disease older adults rapid oral health deterioration social determinants of health |
| title | Rapid Oral Health Deterioration in Older People—A Narrative Review from a Socio-Economic Perspective |
| title_full | Rapid Oral Health Deterioration in Older People—A Narrative Review from a Socio-Economic Perspective |
| title_fullStr | Rapid Oral Health Deterioration in Older People—A Narrative Review from a Socio-Economic Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rapid Oral Health Deterioration in Older People—A Narrative Review from a Socio-Economic Perspective |
| title_short | Rapid Oral Health Deterioration in Older People—A Narrative Review from a Socio-Economic Perspective |
| title_sort | rapid oral health deterioration in older people a narrative review from a socio economic perspective |
| topic | oral disease older adults rapid oral health deterioration social determinants of health |
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