Providing better quality dental care for older people with disabilities – are you prepared?
18 May 2024
BDA Theatre
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Learning Content
As dental professionals, we will care for an increasing number of older adults. We will encounter older patients with more complex medical, social, and dental healthcare needs accumulated throughout their lifetime. These patients will require patient-centred care to maintain good oral health, essential for health and quality of life.
Learning Aims
To discuss how dental teams can manage the oral healthcare needs of the increasing number of older people living with a disability.
Learning Objectives
Explore why older adults with disabilities are more susceptible to dental disease - How to best manage patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy - Understand how dental health care professionals can collaborate to provide lifelong preventative care - How to continue to care for patients who have developed or sustained a lifelong disability.
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