Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, 560 Harrison Avenue, Suite 301, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Department of General Dentistry, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, 635 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Dent Clin North Am. 2021 Apr;65(2):257-273. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2020.11.004. Epub 2021 Jan 22.
The number of individuals 65 and older living in the United States is increasing substantially and becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. This shift will affect the demographics of the patient population seeking dental care. It will also impact the future treatment needs of older adults. In older adults, similar to the general adult population, oral health disparities continue to exist related to race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic level. Dental practitioners must understand these changes in order to meet the challenges of providing oral health care to the increasing numbers of diverse, medically compromised, and cognitively impaired older adults.
美国 65 岁及以上人口数量正在大幅增加，并且人口结构在种族和民族方面变得更加多样化。这种转变将影响寻求牙科护理的患者群体的人口统计学特征。它还将影响老年人的未来治疗需求。在老年人中，与一般成年人口一样，与种族、民族、性别和社会经济水平相关的口腔健康差距仍然存在。牙科医生必须了解这些变化，以便应对为越来越多的多样化、身体状况不佳和认知能力受损的老年人提供口腔保健的挑战。
