Can you do dietary modifications in elderly patients with endocrine-metabolic diseases?
What’s essential in a frail patient that preventive measures will have success?
Which 3 things have to be done in frail patients?
What’s the main problem with preventive measures in elderly patients?
Why is fluoride application beneficial in patients with xerostomia?
How do you do it?
For how long shouldn’t you drink or eat something?
Moderate risk patients
Which 4 things categorize an elderly patient to be a “moderate risk patient”?
What’s different in the protocol for high-risk patients in comparison to low-risk patients?
In high risk they should come every 3 months (4 times per year)
In moderate only every 6 months (2 times per year)
Also, in high-risk, fluoride varnish/gel should be applied in the visit.
Periodontal disease can appear at any age, but the most aggressive forms usually appear in which patients? (2)
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