title: Common oral conditions in the elderly.
abstract: As the proportion of elderly persons in the population increases, physicians will more frequently see patients with the oral lesions that commonly occur in this group. Periodontal disease represents the most common cause of tooth loss in the elderly. Dentures can create several problems, including traumatic ulceration, denture stomatitis, inflammatory papillary hyperplasia and epulis fissurata. Erythroplakia, rather than leukoplakia, is the most common precursor of oral carcinoma in elderly persons.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York at Buffalo.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Hatton
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Gogan
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Hatton
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000473:pathology