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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
[Functional, involutional and pathological oral changes with age. 6. Systemic disease]
J L Castellanos1, L Díaz Guzman
1Departamento de Medicina Bucal y Periodoncia, Universidad del Bajio, Leon, Gto.
Abstract:
The present study was realized to determine the frequency variety and concentration of old and new health disease in patients attending a school of Dentistry, classification to an age variable. This paper ends a series of articles about estomatological changes associated to an aging process. The main findings indicate that when patients grow older an increment in variety and number of pathological personal background. The results suggest a very well defined difference in the prevalence and concentration among subjects over and under 50 years. The risk factor was 1:1 in patients older than that. The importance of considering the Clinical history in patients as a determining factor in the global dental evaluation, for the decision. making in treatment planning.
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