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SUMMARY1. Elderly persons living in their own homes have over the past 20 years tended to retain an increased number of natural teeth. This tendency is confirmed especially in the ongoing studies by Tor Österberg, nr 12 and 13. These studies indicate a decreasing edentulous part of the 70‐year old cohorts from 1971, 1976 and 1981.2. Elderly persons dependent on institutional care are edentulous in as high degree today as 20 years ago. According to this criterion, therefore, their dental health has not improved.3. Dentures worn by elderly persons frequently are defective in fit and function. For the general wellbeing and health in later life, mastication of a well‐balanced diet and lack of discomfort from denture‐bearing mucosal surfaces are important. Information in this respect and measures to improve masticating function are greatly needed among persons in the higher age groups, whether living at home or in institutional care.4. Caries activity is increasing among elderly persons.5. Periodontitis (loosening of the teeth) is very frequently found in elderly persons.6. Oral hygiene requires improvement.7. Among the elderly, living in their own homes or in institutions, the need for odontologic care is objectively great, but the demands currently made are remarkably low.8. Of the aged in institutional care, about 75 per cent are suitable for measures of oral care.A change in dental health seems to be slowly taking place among the elderly, in that increasing numbers keep more of their own teeth longer in life. The demands made by the high age groups on the odontologic services, though increasing, are still very low relative to the objective and consequently great accumulated needs. This contrast is especially pronounced among geriatric patients in institutions.An aggressive, searching approach to both restorative and preventive oral care in the higher age groups is of pressing importance if optimum conditions for eating and chewing late in life are to be achieved. For timely counteraction of the tendency to a more passive attitude t o dental care that commonly accompanies rising age, information on these matters should be energetically disseminated among persons due for retirement or new‐l y

ISSN:0734-0664    

DOI:10.1111/j.1741-2358.1985.tb00245.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

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Structural and cellular alterations of interproximal alveolar bone were quantified by histomorphometry in 36 Wistar rats over an 18 week period. Half of the rats were fed a standard diet and half were fed a high‐sucrose diet from time of weaning. Six animals from each diet group were sacrificed at 10, 18 and 28 weeks of age, one hour after labeling with tritiated thymidine. Autoradiographs were prepared from histological sections, and the interproximal area between first and second maxillary molars was evaluated, Periodontal ligament width, cell populations and cell proliferation were reduced by 18 weeks of age. By 28 weeks of age, significant reductions of bone dimensions were detected and a further decrease in fibroblast proliferation was evident. The influence of diet on the changes observed was relatively minor. Evidence from this investigation supports the concept that changes in alveolar bone are initiated early in the life span of the rat, and provides a quantitative basis for future use of the rat model in similar studie

ISSN:0734-0664    

DOI:10.1111/j.1741-2358.1985.tb00246.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

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The geriatric population in many parts of the United States is underserved by dentistry. Socioeconomic problems, difficult access to dental facilities, and confusion about the need for dental care often prevent the elderly from seeking dental service. Because dental diseases are not life threatening or outwardly disabling, administrators of institutions for the elderly and health legislators place a low priority on dental care for the elderly. These factors working in concert with the insidious, progressive, and cummulative nature of denture diseases contribute to the poor dental health experienced by some segments of the geriatric population. Dentistry has the manpower and the technology to improve the oral health of the elderly, but society must be made aware of the importance of dental health in the total health of elderly persons in order that dentistry be given a chance to achieve that goal.

ISSN:0734-0664    

DOI:10.1111/j.1741-2358.1985.tb00247.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviews in this article:Smoking and Aging.Edited by Raymond Bossé and Charles L. Rose.Handbook of Longitudinal Research:Volume 1, Birth and Childhood Cohorts; Volume 2, Teenage and Adult Cohorts. Edited by S.A. Mednick, M. Harway, and K.M. Finello

ISSN:0734-0664    

DOI:10.1111/j.1741-2358.1985.tb00248.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0734-0664    

DOI:10.1111/j.1741-2358.1985.tb00249.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0734-0664    

DOI:10.1111/j.1741-2358.1985.tb00250.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1985

数据来源: WILEY