Managing the medically compromised geriatric patient

Demographic trends indicate that dentists will be treating more dentate geriatric patients, many of whom will be medically compromised. This article emphasizes the effect advancing age may have on the identification and management of common medical problems. In particular, cardiovascular disease, (i...

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Published inThe Journal of prosthetic dentistry Vol. 72; no. 5; pp. 492 - 499
Main Author Kilmartin, Catherine M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Mosby, Inc 01.11.1994
Subjects
Aged
Aging
Arthritis - physiopathology
Dental Care for Aged
Dental Care for Chronically Ill
Dentistry
Diabetes Mellitus - physiopathology
Endocarditis, Bacterial - prevention & control
Humans
Hypertension - physiopathology
Joint Prosthesis
Myocardial Ischemia - physiopathology
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Summary:Demographic trends indicate that dentists will be treating more dentate geriatric patients, many of whom will be medically compromised. This article emphasizes the effect advancing age may have on the identification and management of common medical problems. In particular, cardiovascular disease, (ischemic heart disease, hypertension, prevention of infective endocarditis), diabetes, and arthritis (prosthetic joints) were reviewed. The prevalence of all these diseases increases with age and many geriatric patients have undiagnosed cardiac disease or diabetes. Knowledge of the pathophysiology of these common systemic diseases will be increasingly important to dentists in the future.
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ISSN:0022-3913
1097-6841
DOI:10.1016/0022-3913(94)90121-X