Dentistry/Elderly

Question 1

why are teeth being retained longer?

Answer 1

F more available - toothpaste/water/mouthwash
better OH awareness
improved access to care

Question 2

what might cause dental disease in an elderly patient?

Answer 2

behaviour - smoking
xerostomia - drugs/radiotherapy/sjogrens
exposed roots
high sucrose diet
irregular denture maintenance
poorly designed dentures
poor OH

Question 3

what medications can cause xerostomia?

Answer 3

antidepressants
anxiolytics
antihypertensives

Question 4

what drugs can cause gingival overgrowth?

Answer 4

anti epileptics
calcium channel blockers
immunosuppressants

Question 5

what is an overdenture?

Answer 5

root is retained and filled
amalgam restoration placed on top
used as a denture base

Question 6

what might cause angular chellitis?

Answer 6

staph infection from nasal cavity

iron deficient anaemia

Question 7

what type or oral cancers are the most common and where are they found?

Answer 7

90% are squamous cell carcinomas

found commonly on FOM or tongue