title: In search of the secrets of Methuselah: implications for dentistry in the third millennium.
abstract: Aging is the progressive deterioration of bodily functions over time. Age has been prolonged as more individuals avoid early death and as the mature years are extended. The potential exists for even further extensions of age through genomic advances. Although it is currently unclear how this might happen, the benefits of research in genetics might extend oral health-related life issues through a multiprong approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences, Claude D. Pepper Center for Research on Oral Health and Aging, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0416, USA. mwheft@ufl.edu
authors.forename: Marc W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Heft
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D003813:Dentistry; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D006304:Health Status; D016045:Human Genome Project; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D009909:Oral Health; D011315:Preventive Medicine