title: [Geriatric dentistry introduction].
abstract: The increasing number of old people in today's society is a reality. They are a group, whose special needs and medical problems are dealt in Geriatrics. Geriatric dentistry is the branch of Dentistry concerned with their dentical problems. In this article we discuss some of these special problems as an attempt to make this subject more comprehensible to the general practionner.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dimitriou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016321:Dental Care for Aged; D005850:Geriatric Dentistry; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Eisagoge ste gerodontiatrike.