title: [Serious periodontal destruction in the elderly. Intensive treatment or an overdenture prosthesis?].
abstract: A minority of dentate elderly people have advanced periodontal disease. Is both non-surgical and surgical periodontal treatment or overdenture treatment the therapy of choice? Research data comparing these treatments, from patients' or professionals' point of view, are as yet not available. Concerning efficacy and cost-effectiveness, overdenture treatment appears to be superior to periodontal treatment.
authors.affiliation: Sector Orale Functieleer, Katholieke Universiteit te Nijmegen, postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Baat
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: van Elswijk
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kalk
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D016321:Dental Care for Aged / Q000191:economics; D003828:Denture, Overlay / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Ernstige parodontale afbraak bij ouderen. Intensieve behandeling of een overkappingsprothese?