Overview
- Editors:
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Christie-Michele Hogue
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Department of Dental Services - VA Healthcare System, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA
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Jorge G. Ruiz
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Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Miami VA Healthcare System, Miami, USA
- Written by an international group of experts in the field
- Offers pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches for special populations in geriatrics
- Identifies barriers to oral health care and provides solutions for improved access
About this book
This book provides a comprehensive review of the assessment and management of older people’s oral health care needs. Discussing recent initiatives to emphasize oral health promotion and prevention, the book describes improvements in pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches for special populations in geriatrics and illuminates the role of barriers to oral health care for older people. Divided into three sections, the book first explores aging and oral health, including age-related changes, epidemiology, nutrition, dysphagia, aspiration pneumonia, xerostomia and hyposalivation, management of periodontal disease and caries, systemic diseases that influence oral health, and considerations for chronic orofacial pain. The second section illuminates the ways in which frailty and other geriatric syndromes influence oral health care in older adults with a special focus on frailty, dementia, delirium and depression, and the delivery of oral health care to vulnerable geriatric populations in long-term care, home care, palliative care, and hospice. Lastly, the book addresses inequalities in the oral health of older minority populations, the disproportionate burden of oral disease and tooth loss, the contribution of these issues to further complications in comorbidities, the association of extended health literacy and periodontal disease, and the social and cultural conditions that might be altered or improved by healthcare programs and health policies.
Oral Health and Aging is a useful book written by an international group of experts and designed to educate geriatricians, primary care physicians, nurses, dentists, dental hygienists, speech and language pathologists, dietitians, and health policy advocates.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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- Ezekiel Ijaopo, Christie-Michele Hogue
Pages 1-12
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- W. Murray Thomson, Moira B. Smith
Pages 13-27
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- Rena Zelig, Samantha Honeywell, Riva Touger-Decker
Pages 29-45
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- Atsuko Kurosu, Rebecca H. Affoo, Shauna Hachey, Nicole Rogus-Pulia
Pages 47-84
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- Rosa María López-Pintor, Lucía Ramírez Martínez-Acitores, Julia Serrano Valle, José González-Serrano, Elisabeth Casañas, Lorenzo de Arriba et al.
Pages 85-108
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- Nadia Laniado, Liran Levin, Ira Lamster
Pages 109-129
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- Gerry McKenna, Martina Hayes, Cristiane DaMata
Pages 131-144
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- Jaisri R. Thoppay, Akhilanand Chaurasia
Pages 145-160
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- Natasha Resendes, Iriana Hammel, Christie-Michele Hogue
Pages 161-175
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- Ronald Ettinger, Leonardo Marchini
Pages 177-199
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- Valerie Hart, Dominique Tosi, Khin Zaw
Pages 201-222
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- Cherae M. Farmer-Dixon, Machelle Fleming Thompson, Joyce A. Barbour
Pages 239-251
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- Jorge G. Ruiz, Christie-Michele Hogue
Pages 253-262
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- Marlena Fernandez, Christie-Michele Hogue, Jorge G. Ruiz
Pages 263-278
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Back Matter
Pages 287-293
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Dental Services - VA Healthcare System, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA
Christie-Michele Hogue
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Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Miami VA Healthcare System, Miami, USA
Jorge G. Ruiz
About the editors
Christie-Michele Hogue
Dental Director of TDVV Community Living Center (CLC)
Veteran Affairs Medical Center
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of General Medicine and Geriatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
USA
Jorge G. Ruiz
Veterans’ Successful Aging for Frail Elders (VSAFE)
Associate Director for Clinical Affairs
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center
Bruce W. Carter Miami VAMC
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, JMH/UM Geriatric Medicine Fellowship
Division of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida
USA