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Oral Health and the Older Adult

Course Type: 
Dental Courses
Provider: 
PROCTER & GAMBLE
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Author(s): 
Kenneth Shay, DDS, MS
Target Audience: 
Dental Assistants
Target Audience: 
Dental Hygiene Students
Target Audience: 
Dental Hygienists
Target Audience: 
Dental Students

Many members of the older adult population are taking the steps necessary for maintaining their natural teeth. It is important for the dental hygienist and dental assistant who work with older adults to understand for this particular patient population the risk factors in dental disease, the primary causes of xerostomia, maintenance techniques for dental prostheses, and appropriate communication skills. This course presents information that addresses that knowledge and those skills.

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