From Geriatrics and Gerontology to Geriatric Dentistry

At this moment, geriatric dentistry represents a very well-defined discipline, which deals with the dental treatments in the elderly patients, more precisely the patients over 60 years old. Unfortunately, in Romania, geriatric dentistry is currently very superficiality treated, this being rather an...

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Published in:	Acta medica Transilvanica Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 15 - 18
Main Authors:	Malița, Mădălina, Dina, Magdalena Natalia, Popoviciu, Olivia, Voinescu, Ioana, Beuran, Irina Adriana, Burlibașa, Mihai, Perieanu, Viorel Ștefan, Babiuc, Iuliana, Popescu, Manuela, Ionescu, Camelia, Tănase, Gabriela, Mihai, Augustin, Costea, Raluca, Costea, Radu, Stănescu, Ruxandra
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 01-12-2019
Subjects:	dental team dental treatments geriatric dentistry
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Summary:	At this moment, geriatric dentistry represents a very well-defined discipline, which deals with the dental treatments in the elderly patients, more precisely the patients over 60 years old. Unfortunately, in Romania, geriatric dentistry is currently very superficiality treated, this being rather an optional study discipline in the curricula of Dental Medicine Faculties. Therefore, in this material we have tried to explain through solid arguments the importance of geriatric dentistry in the basic training of dentists, dental and dental prophylaxis nurses, as well as dental technicians.
ISSN:	2285-7079 2285-7079
DOI:	10.2478/amtsb-2019-0005