THE IMPACT OF GENERAL AND ORAL STATUS OF ELDERLY ON COMPLETE DENTURES AND QUALITY OF LIFE -LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

ntroduction. In the current demographic context and new technologies, it is necessary for medical services to adapt to the growing characteristics and needs of this important population segment, by establishing tools for assessment, prevention and appropriate, minimally invasive prosthetic treatments to improve oral status and systemically and respectively the quality of life of this category of disadvantaged patients, in numerical increase.

Keywords

• elderly
• prosthetic treatment
• oral health