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<p>Notes on contributors vii</p> <p>PrefaceThird edition, 2015 xi</p> <p>Preface Second edition, 1996 xiii</p> <p>Preface First edition, 1986 xv</p> <p>1 Demography – impact of an expanding elderly population 1<br /> <i>S. Jay Olshansky</i></p> <p>2 Biological and physiological aspects of aging 7<br /> <i>João F. Passos and Thomas B.L. Kirkwood</i></p> <p>3 Aging of bone and muscle 17<br /> <i>Arnold Kahn and Poul Holm-Pedersen</i></p> <p>4 Sensory changes and communication in the practitioner–aged patient relationship 27<br /> <i>Kevin Kawamoto and H. Asuman Kiyak</i></p> <p>5 Aging from a psychological perspective 39<br /> <i>Terry Fulmer, Sheryl Strasser and Toni C. Antonucci</i></p> <p>6 The impact of social and environmental forces on aging 47<br /> <i>H. Asuman Kiyak and Nancy R. Hooyman</i></p> <p>7 Clinical assessment of the elderly patient 61<br /> <i>Elisa M. Ghezzi, Douglas B. Berkey, Richard W. Besdine and Judith A. Jones</i></p> <p>8 Medical issues in the dental care of older adults 81<br /> <i>Peter B. Lockhart and Scott Furney</i></p> <p>9 Psychiatric disorders in old age – implications for the dental practitioner 103<br /> <i>Angela R. Kamer, Mony J. de Leon and Martin J Sadowski</i></p> <p>10 Disability in old age – the relationship with oral health 119<br /> <i>Kirsten Avlund</i></p> <p>11 Nutrition and oral health for the older person 131<br /> <i>Angus W. G. Walls</i></p> <p>12 Pharmacology and aging 145<br /> <i>Elisa M. Chávez and Peter L. Jacobsen</i></p> <p>13 Preventive oral health care for elderly people 155<br /> <i>J. H. Meurman</i></p> <p>14 Treatment planning for the geriatric patient 165<br /> <i>Frederick Hains and Judith Jones</i></p> <p>15 Caries in the older person 181<br /> <i>Angus W. G. Walls and David Ricketts</i></p> <p>16 Pathology and treatment of diseases of the pulp 199<br /> <i>John Whitworth</i></p> <p>17 Pathology and treatment of gingivitis and periodontitis in the aging individual 211<br /> <i>Poul Holm-Pedersen, Frauke Müller and Niklaus P. Lang</i></p> <p>18 Pathology and treatment of oral mucosal diseases 225<br /> <i>Palle Holmstrup, Jesper Reibel and Ian C. Mackenzie</i></p> <p>19 Salivary function and disorders in the older adult 245<br /> <i>Jonathan A. Ship</i></p> <p>20 Oral and maxillofacial surgery for the geriatric patient 255<br /> <i>Michael Turner and Mark Greenwood</i></p> <p>21 Orofacial pain in older adults 265<br /> <i>Dena J. Fischer and Joel B. Epstein</i></p> <p>22 Concepts and techniques for oral rehabilitation measures in elderly patients 277<br /> <i>Niklaus P. Lang, Frauke Müller and J. Mark Thomason</i></p> <p>23 Oral health-related quality of life 301<br /> <i>Finbarr Allen and Jimmy Steele</i></p> <p>24 Influences on older adults’ use of dental services 311<br /> <i>H. Asuman Kiyak</i></p> <p>25 Oral health care programmes for homebound people, nursing home residents and elderly inpatients 323<br /> Ronald L. Ettinger and Jane M. Chalmers</p> <p>26 Clinical management of the cognitively impaired older adult and the terminally ill older patient 345<br /> <i>Jane M. Chalmers, Ronald L. Ettinger and Michael Wiseman</i></p> <p>Index 361</p>

<p><b>Poul Holm-Pedersen </b>is Emeritus Professor at the Department of Odontology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark</p> <b>Angus Walls </b>is Director of the Edinburgh Postgraduate Dental Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK<br /> <p><b> Jonathan Ship </b>was formerly Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology and Medicine at the Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry, USA</p>

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