title: [Occlusion repair or occlusion loss? Results of preliminary treatment as the starting point].
abstract: Epidemiological data confirm that the number of elderly with an impaired dentition is increasing. The treatment of patients with an impaired dentition should be focused on maintaining oral function during life-time. However this goal is hardly achievable because of the complicating factors in an impaired dentition. This article describes the Nijmegen Dental School approach in the treatment of impaired dentition and stresses the importance of the preliminary treatment in order to answer the question whether restoring or extracting teeth is the most appropriate treatment modality.
authors.affiliation: Sector Orale Functieleer, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kalk
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Käyser
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Baat
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003729:Dental Care / Q000379:methods*; D016321:Dental Care for Aged; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D003817:Dentition; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000628:therapy*; D011313:Preventive Dentistry; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Occlusieherstel of occlusieverlies? Resultaat van voorbereidende behandeling geldt als uitgangspunt.