[Dentistry for the elderly patient. 2. Endodontic therapy]

By this contribution the Authors are pointing out that the increase of the average age of the Italian population has led to an increase of demand regarding preservative therapies. It is opportune for the stomatologists to be prepared to the request for services of that kind; in order to be fully qualified they must be aware of many problems that can be coped with, only if one has specific knowledge of the physiopathology of growing old. The dental organ as well is subject to the inexorable senile involution modifying the tissue it is consisting of, and the dentist cannot ignore these problems that are at the basis of the success of any preservative therapy.