Principios de odontogeriatría
1992; University of Valle; Volume: 2; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2346-2892
Autores Tópico(s)Health and Medical Education
ResumoResumen: La Odontogeriatria es un area de la Odontologia que tiene su propia identidad, se basa en el estudio integral del anciano como persona y como paciente, en el envejecimiento y en la vejez. Se considera prioritario el cambio de mitos, estereotipos y actitudes sobre el anciano y el mejoramiento de su imagen en la salud y en la sociedad. La prevencion de enfermedades, el envejecimiento sano y los tratamientos orales son posibles en los ancianos. La salud oral del anciano condiciona su bienestar y su calidad de vida. Revista Estomatologia 1992; 2(2): 100-104 Palabras clave: Geriatria, Anciano, Viejo, Gerontologia. Summary: The old people's oral health, not only has to do with an Stomatognatich system or with the necessity of a dental prothesis. It's needed to study the old people as a whole developing knowledge about elderly, aging and old age. It has to be taken into a count that old people as patiens have different and special characteristics compared with those of children and adults. For this reason its essential to defferentiate between phisiological changes that can appear in old people, in his organs and systems, including the stomatognathic system, why the Geriatic Dentistry has become a new speciality in dentistry.
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