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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Oral care needs, barriers and challenges among elderly in India
Ramesh Bharti1, Anil Chandra1, Aseem Prakash Tikku1
1Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Objective:
This paper presents an approach to the assessment of oral health needs of elderly and barriers to receive oral care in the life course.
Background:
The dental needs of the elderly are changing and growing day by day. The management of older patients requires not only an understanding of the medical and dental aspects of ageing but also provide them good oral health service. In the life course of elderly there are many hurdles to receive proper oral care. The use of an assessment of oral health need will be essential in the development of care pathways to the elderly.
Methods:
The proportion of older people is growing faster than that of any other age group. There is no sound database regarding the oral disease burden and treatment needs of the elderly in India. Physical and biological barriers with age can also affect oral health care either directly or indirectly.
Conclusion:
Oral care guidelines designed to assist elderly should consider not only prevention and treatment modalities but also the means of implementing such therapies in varying settings and utilizing the whole dental team.
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