This book enables readers to understand practical solutions to reduce oral disease and improve oral health in the growing elderly population.
Oral Health for the Aging Population provides global evidence and practical solutions to enable dentists and policymakers to implement effective policies and practices that are adapted to local needs and resources. The text clearly translates evidence into knowledge, knowledge into policy, and policy into practice in the delivery of dental and public health care, and provides international perspectives and specific examples of global policies implemented.
Specific topics covered in Oral Health for an Ageing Population include:
The global burden of ageing and how to achieve oral health among older people (including detailed recommendations for integrated clinical and community initiatives)
The Sustainable Development Goals, the common risk factor approach, the life course approach, noncommunicable diseases and the prevention of frailty
Implementing effective health policies at the international and national levels and improving attitudes and awareness among the general public about oral health
Learning from the experience of Japan, the UK and other countries, plus recommendations for future research, policy and practice
Oral Health for an Ageing Population, written by a leading expert in geriatric dentistry, draws on decades of experience in the field of oral health and the public health issues arising from an ageing society. The book provides extensive reviews of the relevant empirical evidence and practical implementation suggestions for dentists, dental hygienists, other healthcare professionals and policy makers.
