{"product_id":"improving-oral-health-for-the-elderly-an-interdisciplinary-approach-9781441925565","title":"Improving Oral Health for the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ira B. Lamster\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Public Health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImproving Oral Health for the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdited by Ira B. Lamster, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, New York\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary E. Northridge, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImproving Oral Health for the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach\u003c\/em\u003e examines in depth a crucial yet frequently overlooked indicator of seniors' quality of life. By combining a lifespan approach to health with a biopsychosocial perspective on health disparities, this book places oral health in the larger context of physical and mental well-being. Chapter authors emphasize elders' distinct needs as a group, the interplay of factors contributing to the oral disease burden (from increased tooth retention to the absence of dental benefits as part of Medicare), and the necessity--and overall benefits--of improved service delivery and interdisciplinary care. The result is an invaluable set of recommendations to the clinical, research, and administrative communities that they can use to better understand and serve this steadily growing population.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmong the topics covered: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccess to oral health care.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCommon illnesses and conditions affecting seniors' oral health.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNormal oral\/dental changes associated with aging. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOral health care considerations for older adults.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEducating the dental profession.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmerging research and policy issues.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlus specific chapters on periodontal disease as a risk factor for systemic diseases, oral cancer, and orofacial pain. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImproving Oral Health for the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Approach\u003c\/em\u003e is of immediate interest to readers in dentistry, medicine, and aging studies, but this unique volume also merits the attention of professionals and researchers involved in community and public health, health promotion, disease prevention, social work, health care policy and planning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45274536738967,"sku":"9781441925565","price":9548.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781441925565.webp?v=1769280220","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/improving-oral-health-for-the-elderly-an-interdisciplinary-approach-9781441925565","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}