A substantial number of people in today’s world are elderly and as the incidence of a number of pathologies increases with age, it is predicted to produce millions of individuals with systemic medical conditions that can affect oral health and subsequent dental treatment. The dental management of these medically compromised patients can be sometimes problematic in terms of oral complications, dental therapy, and emergency care. One of the challenges faced by dental specialists today is the assessment and management of these patients. As mentioned in detail in Chap. 12, geriatric patients are much more likely to be at least partially dentulous having a complex medical history and the use of multiple medications.
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Wynne, C. (2017). Endodontics in systemically compromised patients. In Common Complications in Endodontics: Prevention and Management (pp. 263–292). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60997-3_12
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