Delivery of oral health care to the elderly patient

This paper, delivered at the 1990 FDI Singapore Congress, reports the results of studies performed by a Working Group, appointed by the Commission on Dental Education and Practice, to study the delivery of oral health care to the elderly patient. The teaching of gerodontology was also included in the group's remit. The problems of the widely differing oral health care needs of the elderly in different societies around the world are considered and recommendations made.