We heard about Geriatric Medicine which focuses on healthcare for elderly people, one can actually make their own dental clinic on the focus of geriatric care… This will stand out the yor practice…
Create awareness about this clinic
Focus of extractions, replacment of teeth, maintanence of oral hygiene, tobacco cessation, oral cancer screening etc…
If not atleast making a community camps, rural camps will help your clinical practice and your clinical set up to stand out.
Geriatric dentistry has been overlooked for too long. Glad someone finally spoke up!
We had a geriatric clinic setup in dprosthodontics dept in our college. And you can actually come to know that elderly are so unaware about it. Yes camps and awareness needs to be created!
True right…
Geriatric dentistry needs more patience, and you can promote the services like dentures and FPDs during camps or promotional activities.
Geriatric-focused dental clinics can truly stand out by addressing the unique oral health needs of the elderly like extractions, dentures, hygiene, and cancer screening.
Even rural or community outreach camps boost trust, visibility, and impact where it’s needed most.
Geriatric dentistry is absolutely needed . As we get older there is change in oral biology, saliva condition, tooth structure and missing of teeth , neuromuscular condition. While treating an old patient thes conditions should be kept in mind along with underlying medical conditions too .