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Improving Oral Health for the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Improving Oral Health for the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Lamster, Ira B.
Takamura, J. C.
Northridge, Mary E.

Hardcover

Medical Reference

ISBN10: 0387743367
ISBN13: 9780387743363
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Feb 25 2008
Pages: 510
Weight: 1.93
Height: 1.15 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.46
Language: English

This excellent new work confronts two important oral health policy concerns in the United States: the disparities in the oral disease burden and the inability of certain segments of the population to access oral health care. The book examines in depth this crucial yet frequently overlooked indicator of seniors' quality of life. By combining a lifespan approach to health with a biopsychosocial perspective on health disparities, this book places oral health in the larger context of physical and mental well-being. Chapter authors emphasize elders' distinct needs as a group, the interplay of factors contributing to the oral disease burden (from increased tooth retention to the absence of dental benefits as part of Medicare), and the necessity--and overall benefits--of improved service delivery and interdisciplinary care. The result is an invaluable set of recommendations to the clinical, research, and administrative communities that they can use to better understand and serve this steadily growing population.

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