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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
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Endodontic considerations in the geriatric patient
1Department of Endodontics, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City 52242, USA.
Dental Clinics of North America
|October 31, 1997
Abstract:
Endodontic needs of today's and tomorrow's growing older adult population present increasing challenges for dental care providers. Biologic and anatomic differences in the dental tissues between older and younger patients must be understood and considered in treatment planning and performance for appropriate endodontic procedures. These differences generally do not contraindicate treatment, which, when performed correctly, will be successful in the elderly patient.
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