M. R. Cosoroabă
Department of Professional Legislation in Dental Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
E. L. Petrescu
Research Centre in Dental Medicine Using Conventional and Alternative Technologies, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania; Department of Prostheses Technology and Dental Materials, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
C. M. Pantea
Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Psysical Therapy and Special Motricity Departament, West University of Timisoara, Romania
D. E. Bojoga
Department of Oral Rehabilitation and Emergencies in Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania; Interdisciplinary Research Center for Dental Medical Research, Lasers and Innovative Technologies, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
M. Lazăr
Cardiology Department Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania; Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Timisoara, 13A Gheorghe Adam Street, 300310, Timisoara, Romania; Research Center of the Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Timisoara, 13A Gheorghe Adam Street, 300310, Timisoara, Romania
C. Talpoș
Department of Oral-Dental Diagnosis and Ergonomics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
A. D. Tănase
Department of Professional Legislation in Dental Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania; Research Centre in Dental Medicine Using Conventional and Alternative Technologies, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
Abstract
The current article is meant to be a literature review based on our findings regarding the dental care issues in the geriatric community. The purpose was the focus to finding out information about what communities from around the world are doing in terms of dealing with the issue of an aging population and how to deal with the dental problems associated with aging and other comorbidities, thus involving a cardio/ general medicine diagnosis and a legal one when the patient is no longer able to tend to themselves or is institutionalized. The material taken in this study was a full literature review based on pub med indexed articles from different parts of the world dealing with the same issues and corroborating the results and findings into categories of interest.