title: Dental problems in the elderly.
abstract: Since the personal physician is likely to see the elderly patient far more often than the dentist does, he may be the first to spot signs of ill-fitting dentures, poor chewing ability, drug effects on the mouth, leukoplakia, and other oral problems described here.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010821:Physicians, Family; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014218:Triage; D014481:United States