The elderly patient.
Elderly patients' age affects various bio-psycho-social parameters of their diseases. A patient's old age itself often evokes a multiform recoil in dentists, directly opposite to the required therapeutic attitude. The essential principle in gerodontics is dentist-patient cooperation, attainable only if the latter is approached in a holistic and respectful manner.
D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D003729:Dental Care; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D005850:Geriatric Dentistry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans