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Periodontal Care as a Fundamental Step for an Active and Healthy Ageing
- Source :
- The Scientific World Journal, The Scientific World Journal, Vol 2013 (2013)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013.
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Abstract
- In the industrialized part of the world, an increasing number of people live the old age without too many restrictions due to illness or physiological impairment. This group is known asthe young elderly. On the contrary, a consistent part of seniors develops a greater number of medical conditions and become more and more dependent, these arethe old elderly. The first cause of tooth lost in industrialized word is periodontitis that generally strikes people older than 40 years and determines serious detriment of the stomatognatic organ. Smoking and stress are risk factors for periodontitis that are common and shared between young, adult, and older age. Diabetes mellitus, obesity, and osteoporosis are very frequent pathological situations in older age. They have been identified as cofactors in the progression of periodontitis. Many dental associations recognize the importance of continued research on oral fluids diagnostics and welcome the development of rapid point-of-care tests providing accurate measurements of clinically validated biomarkers. At present, well-studied molecules associated with host response factors and with derived tissue destruction mediators have been proposed as diagnostic biomarkers for periodontitis detected in the oral fluids.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Aging
Osteoporosis
Dentistry
lcsh:Medicine
Review Article
lcsh:Technology
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Very frequent
Risk Factors
Diabetes mellitus
medicine
Humans
lcsh:Science
Pathological
General Environmental Science
Periodontitis
business.industry
lcsh:T
lcsh:R
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Obesity
Chronic periodontitis
Chronic Periodontitis
lcsh:Q
Female
Healthy ageing
business
Delivery of Health Care
Biomarkers
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1537744X and 23566140
- Volume :
- 2013
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Scientific World Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....caa31838b5c15bdc536ff256e194bc68