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Lec 1
Of people that live to be greater...,
Fastest growing age group,
Percent of the population thats 6...
25  cards
Lec 2 Aging
T f cells tissues and organs may ...,
Over the years how has life expec...,
Maximum life span
76  cards
Oral Changes in Aging
How does the secondary immune res...,
Translucency pattern of dentin,
The pulp is less able to repair a...
21  cards
Oral Soft Tissue Diseases in Older Adults
Most common infection involving o...,
Candida infections are variations of,
This type of candida has white pl...
18  cards
Age Changes to NS
Impaired attention thats transient,
Prevalence of alzheimers disease ...,
Trigger amyloid deposition in alz...
8  cards
Nutrition
Bmr drops ___ between 30 and 60,
Decrease in _______ mass as we age,
These tastes dont change as we age
6  cards
Palliative End of Life Care
The active care of patients whose...,
Focus of care in palliative medic...,
Common in terminal cancer
17  cards
Long Term Care
The number of institutionalized p...,
90 of direct services in nursing ...,
Federal regulations for nursing h...
10  cards
Clinical Topics
This happens to most people even ...,
How do you know what material to ...,
Use these materials when its hard...
14  cards
Prosthetics and the Aged Pt
Not everyone can wear this,
This is caused by strangeness of ...,
This causes lingual mandibular pain
21  cards
Oral Surgery for the Medically Complex Patient
Illnesses associated with bleedin...,
Different thromboplastin reagents...,
This normalizes pt values no matt...
28  cards
Overdentures
0  cards

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