Geriatric Dentistry
- It refers to Dental Care in relation to elders
- Like children, elders also need to be made psychologically comfortable at the outset
- Elders, with their experience, tend to have dental issues like missing teeth, wear and tear of reminding teeth, gum problems, etc
- Palliation is very important in Geriatric care
- Care should be taken to preserve the remaining teeth and restore the missing teeth
- The maintaining of dental health is directly proportional to their systemic health because proper digestion is only possible with good dental health
