The Aging Dental Patient: Myth and Reality

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A private practioner presents misconceptions of the relationship between aging dental patients and dentists which he has observed in his experience. Many dentists have accepted some of the stereotypes of the aging and it affects the treatment they offer these patients. Geriatric dental patients have often developed generalizations about dental treatments based on earlier periods in dentistry and on economic limitations sometimes encountered in their life state. Several different dental care delivery systems have come into existence in recent years. It is sometimes difficult for the aging patient to choose among these systems because of the misconceptions previously mentioned. Both the dentist and the aging patient must recognize the existence of individuality in the other. The key to this recognition and to better understanding is communication.

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