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: Received: 26 May 2023 / Approved: 29 May 2023 / Online: 29 May 2023 (08:47:15 CEST)
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Frizzerin, C.; Alberton, G.; Rushiti, A.; Bacci, C. Oral Pathology in the Elderly: Prevalence in a Hub Hospital. Preprints2023, 2023051999. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1999.v1
Frizzerin, C.; Alberton, G.; Rushiti, A.; Bacci, C. Oral Pathology in the Elderly: Prevalence in a Hub Hospital. Preprints 2023, 2023051999. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1999.v1
Frizzerin, C.; Alberton, G.; Rushiti, A.; Bacci, C. Oral Pathology in the Elderly: Prevalence in a Hub Hospital. Preprints2023, 2023051999. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1999.v1
APA Style
Frizzerin, C., Alberton, G., Rushiti, A., & Bacci, C. (2023). Oral Pathology in the Elderly: Prevalence in a Hub Hospital. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1999.v1
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Frizzerin, C., Armina Rushiti and Christian Bacci. 2023 "Oral Pathology in the Elderly: Prevalence in a Hub Hospital" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1999.v1
Abstract
The elderly present age-related morphological and histological changes of the oral cavity; Literature displays many studies regarding the specific pathologies of the oral cavity in elderly patients, but no etiologically based classification is available. The aim of this study was to analyze the series of patients over 65 who were treated by our Unit of Pathology between 2020 and 2022 for a suspicion of oral lesion or for preventive dental evaluation (in anticipation of cardiac surgery, anti-resorptive drugs intake, chemotherapy, radiotherapy of the head-neck district or transplantation). The analysis was conducted by dividing oral lesions into 5 groups depending on the etiology: reactive, immunological, traumatic, benign and malignant degenerative. The sixth group consisted of patients undergoing preventive dental evaluation. The study included 435 patients; 91 of them were diagnosed with a reactive origin pathology, 174 with immunological origin pathology, 48 with traumatic pathology and 86 with degenerative pathology (42 benign and 44 malignant). 36 patients went to our Unit for preventive specialist evaluation. Oral health has a major impact on the daily life of the elderly; The examination of oral mucosa in geriatric patients is a fundamental diagnostic moment to report lesions early, thus allowing easier prevention and treatment.
Keywords
1; elderly 2; oral pathology 3; oral medicine
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Dentistry and Oral Surgery
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