Oral Changes in Aging Flashcards
How does the secondary immune response change with age?
It doesn’t!
-May explain why few childhood diseases afflict the aged.
Translucency pattern of dentin
Begins at the apex and moves towards the crown, and has forensic usage.
The pulp is less able to repair after what?
Pulp cap.
Harder to navigate these as we get older.
Canals
Less need for this as we get older.
Local anesthesia bc the pulp recedes.
This will create a minimum loss of soft tissue, narrowing of the periodontal space, and firmly attached teeth in some elderly .
Attrition
Occurs to the inferior alveolar artery as we get older.
Arteriosclerosis.
More commonly found on the floor of the mouth as we age.
Varicosities and senile amyloidosis
A prominent reduction in the sense of smell is seen in these patients.
Early stage Alzheimer or Parkinson’s.
This taste acuity does not change as we age.
Sweet and sour
Consequences of salivary hypofunction.
- Rampant caries
- Candidiasis
- Mucosal friability
- Dysphagia
- Complaints of oral dryness
- Complaints of altered taste
- Difficulty wearing a prosthesis
Most common cause of xerostomia
Disease or Meds
What happens to stimulated whole saliva as we age?
It’s UNCHANGED!
Effect of aging on non-stimulated salivation.
Decreases
Submandibular changes as we get older.
Atrophies and is replaced with fibro-adipose tissue.
Extensive degeneration and loss of acinar glandular tissue occurs in these glands.
Minor salivary glands
A salivary problem in the elderly is they get salivary ducts blocked with this.
Degenerative tissue (usually pass).
Reduced biting force is higher in this group.
Prosthesis wearers
Neuromuscular changes/reduced biting force leads to increased time for this.
Bolus preparation.
- Reduced sensory perception
- Reduced proprioception
- Oral dryness
Cause This:
Choking hazard
How is speech affected by age?
Laryngeal stiffening causes the voice to change.
