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Notes on contributors, vii
PrefaceThird edition, 2015, xi
Preface Second edition, 1996, xiii
Preface First edition, 1986, xv
1 Demography – impact of an expanding elderly population, 1
S. Jay Olshansky
2 Biological and physiological aspects of aging, 7
João F. Passos and Thomas B.L. Kirkwood
3 Aging of bone and muscle, 17
Arnold Kahn and Poul Holm-Pedersen
4 Sensory changes and communication in the practitioner–aged patient relationship, 27
Kevin Kawamoto and H. Asuman Kiyak
5 Aging from a psychological perspective, 39
Terry Fulmer, Sheryl Strasser and Toni C. Antonucci
6 The impact of social and environmental forces on aging, 47
H. Asuman Kiyak and Nancy R. Hooyman
7 Clinical assessment of the elderly patient, 61
Elisa M. Ghezzi, Douglas B. Berkey, Richard W. Besdine and Judith A. Jones
8 Medical issues in the dental care of older adults, 81
Peter B. Lockhart and Scott Furney
9 Psychiatric disorders in old age – implications for the dental practitioner, 103
Angela R. Kamer, Mony J. de Leon and Martin J Sadowski
10 Disability in old age – the relationship with oral health, 119
Kirsten Avlund
11 Nutrition and oral health for the older person, 131
Angus W. G. Walls
12 Pharmacology and aging, 145
Elisa M. Chávez and Peter L. Jacobsen
13 Preventive oral health care for elderly people, 155
J. H. Meurman
14 Treatment planning for the geriatric patient, 165
Frederick Hains and Judith Jones
15 Caries in the older person, 181
Angus W. G. Walls and David Ricketts
16 Pathology and treatment of diseases of the pulp, 199
John Whitworth
17 Pathology and treatment of gingivitis and periodontitis in the aging individual, 211
Poul Holm-Pedersen, Frauke Müller and Niklaus P. Lang
18 Pathology and treatment of oral mucosal diseases, 225
Palle Holmstrup, Jesper Reibel and Ian C. Mackenzie
19 Salivary function and disorders in the older adult, 245
Jonathan A. Ship
20 Oral and maxillofacial surgery for the geriatric patient, 255
Michael Turner and Mark Greenwood
21 Orofacial pain in older adults, 265
Dena J. Fischer and Joel B. Epstein
22 Concepts and techniques for oral rehabilitation measures in elderly patients, 277
Niklaus P. Lang, Frauke Müller and J. Mark Thomason
23 Oral health-related quality of life, 301
Finbarr Allen and Jimmy Steele
24 Influences on older adults use of dental services, 311
H. Asuman Kiyak
25 Oral health care programmes for homebound people, nursing home residents and elderly inpatients, 323
Ronald L. Ettinger and Jane M. Chalmers
26 Clinical management of the cognitively impaired older adult and the terminally ill older patient, 345
Jane M. Chalmers, Ronald L. Ettinger and Michael Wiseman
