scholarly journals Oral Health Care for Older Adults with Serious Illness: When and How?

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Chen ◽  
Christine E. Kistler
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Serious Illness

scholarly journals COVID-19 and Geriatric Dentistry: What will be the new-normal?

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Marchini ◽  
Ronald L. Ettinger
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Geriatric Dentistry ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Increased Risk

Older adults may face many barriers when accessing oral health care. The most vulnerable groups are people living in long term care institutions and the homebound. These barriers are related but not limited to socio-economic issues, medical and oral health problems. Some socio-economic problems are lack of finances, absence of dental insurance, lack of social support networks, and being institutionalized. Some general health problems are multiple co-morbidities, polypharmacy, dementia, and reduced autonomy. Some oral health problems are having heavily restored dentitions, dry mouth, root caries, and inability to maintain adequate oral hygiene independently. In addition to these existing barriers, many new barriers have arisen which are expected to further reduce access to oral health care for older adults due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Older adults are at greater risk of fatal outcomes from COVID-19 infection and many dental procedures have an increased risk of creating aerosols, thereby spreading COVID-19 infection. Consequently, older adults due to fear are less likely to seek or receive oral health care until a treatment or vaccine is developed for COVID-19 infections. In this article, the authors discuss the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic to the practice of geriatric dentistry, and what is expected to be the “new normal” in this field of dentistry. KeywordsAged; COVID-19; Geriatric dentistry; Older adults,;Oral health; SARS-CoV-2.  

scholarly journals COVID‐19 pandemics and oral health care for older adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Marchini ◽  
Ronald L. Ettinger
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Oral Health Care
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