title: Undergraduate teaching in geriatric dentistry.
abstract: In the last quarter of a century the elderly population has increased rapidly and now represents 18% of the UK population. The profile of the elderly population is changing. There is a projected increase in the number of people aged 75 and over of 46.4% between the years of 1985 and 2025. The expected rise in people aged 85 and over is even more dramatic at 99.2%.
authors.affiliation: King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fiske
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diu
mesh_terms: D004497:Education, Dental; D005850:Geriatric Dentistry / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom