Engelsk titel: Demographic and social changes and occurrence of oral diseases amongst elderly people: status and development
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Författare:
Christensen, Lise Böge
;
Hede, Börge
;
Siukosaari, Päivi
Email: ibch@sund.ku.dk
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 49
Dokumenttyp:
Översikt
UI-nummer: 17020319
Sammanfattning
As a result of demographic development, which has taken place over the last decades, the number of elderly people in the population continues to increase.
Most elderly persons have a significant degree of oral diseases that have accumulated through the patient’s life. Consequently, these people have a considerable need for repair and/or maintenance of their restorations, even if the amount of untreated caries is modest. In addition, there is a certain
need to prevent the development of periodontal diseases in this age group.
In the oldest group of people, it is apparent that the need for dental care is much more comprehensive. It can be foreseen that there will be an increase in
these very old population groups and there will be a growing need for dental care, not only basic dental services, but also more technically advanced types
of treatment. The greatest challenges for the dental care systems are those people, who no longer are able to use the available dental care system for the adult
population because of physical or mental barriers. The same barriers prevent these people from being able to brush and clean their teeth. In these groups, dental health decreases in a very short time. Meanwhile as more and more weak elderly persons have increasing numbers of natural teeth remaining, the
occurrence of dental diseases will continue to elevate. Such developments requires effective dental health programs for these population groups.