Oral Rehabilitation for Compromised and Elderly Patients

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Demography and Aging

   • Alexandre Mersel

   Pages 1-18

3. Systemic Diseases and Oral Health of the Aged Patient

   • Guillaume Campard

   Pages 19-28

4. The Treatment of Periodontal Diseases in Elderly Patients

   • Maria Gabriella Grusovin

   Pages 29-47

5. Physiological Changes in Endodontics

   • Z. A. Oscar von Stetten

   Pages 49-62

6. Temporomandibular Joint Disorders in the Elderly

   • Marzia Segù, Daniele Manfredini

   Pages 63-79

7. Masticatory Function and Nutritional Status: Considerations for an Ageing Population

   • Martin Schimmel, Laurence Genton, Gerry McKenna

   Pages 81-96

8. Carious Destruction of the Remaining Teeth: Diagnostic and Treatment

   • Hande Sar Sancaklı

   Pages 97-120

9. Minimalistic Approach for Conservative Restorations

   • Michel Goldberg

   Pages 121-140

10. Evaluation of Transitional or Immediate Complete Dentures

    • Alexandre Mersel

    Pages 141-154

11. Limits of Complete Denture Rehabilitation

    • Alexandre Mersel

    Pages 155-182

12. Implant-Supported Overdentures: Benefits and Risks

    • Joseph Nissan

    Pages 183-191

13. Correction to: Minimalistic Approach for Conservative Restorations

    • Michel Goldberg

    Pages C1-C2

14. Back Matter

    Pages 193-196

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This book is designed to help dentists in general practice to improve the results of prosthetic procedures in medically compromised and elderly patients. In particular, it critically scrutinizes various dogmas that govern practitioners’ approaches yet lack sound scientific support and often have an adverse effect on outcomes. Attention is drawn to straightforward procedures that offer significant clinical benefits and to aspects that are too often neglected, such as the impact of systemic diseases. New light is cast, for example, on the taking of dental impressions, the treatment of malocclusions, the making of jaw relation records, the relationship between denture quality and patient satisfaction, and the use of implant-supported overdentures versus traditional complete prostheses (dentures). As Albert Einstein once said, "It is what we think we know that prevents us from learning more." Readers will find that this book helps them to re-examine taken-for-granted elements of their practice, leading to improved care and patient satisfaction. 

• Complete dentures
• Minimal intervention dentistry
• Implant-supported overdentures
• Treatment of edentulous patients
• Dental caries
• Geriatric dentistry
• Influence of systemic disease and oral health
• Physiologicchanges in Endodontics
• Physiologic changes in Periodontology
• Masticatory Function and Nutrition
• TMJ disorders in the Elderly
• Minimalistic approach for Conservative resotrations

“Because of the huge increase in the elderly population the general practitioner in dentistry is faced with important issues and this book with simple and easy procedures will help him overcome difficulties in these areas. Each general practitioner in dentistry who reads the book by Professor Alexandre Mersel and his renowned co-workers will find explanatory information on how to handle complex oral rehabilitation for compromised and elderly patients.” (Marian-Vladimir, Stomatology EDU Journal, Vol. 6 (1), 2019)

• Director for the Europe FDI Continuing Education Program, Geneva, Switzerland

  Alexandre Mersel

Alexandre Mersel is Director of the European Continuing Education Program for the Fédération Dentaire Internationale (FDI) and a member of the FDI Education Committee. His academic roles have included Associate Professor at the Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine in Israel; Head of the Department of Removable Prosthodontics and Gerodontics at the Haifa Institute for Advanced Dental Studies; Director of the Jerusalem Geriatric Dental Center; and Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Marseilles and at the Dental Faculty, Paris V University. Professor Mersel is Founder and Chairman of the European College of Gerodontology and also co-founded the International Association of Gerodontology. He is a past Chair of the FDI Section of Gerodontology and of the FDI Special Committee on Gerodontology. Professor Mersel is a recipient of The City of Paris Silver Medal. He has authored more than 90 scientific articles. 

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