A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF ORAL FRAILTY

Abstract

These complex physiological age-related changes are not yet fully understood but are thought to be related to the lifelong accumulation of impairments at molecular, tissue, and organ level and over the next decade, the gerodontologist might have a greater effect on the prevention and maintenance of oral and general health status, and need to expend less effort on treatment

Keywords

• oral frailty
• gerondontology
• oral health
• elderly