title: Oral diagnostics for the geriatric populations: current status and future prospects.
abstract: Because it is a noninvasive technique, there is growing interest in replacing blood with oral-based methods of diagnostics. Oral diagnostics may be used for diagnosis and therapeutic drug monitoring of both oral diseases (eg, caries, periodontal disease,oral lesions, oral cancer) and systemic diseases (eg, infectious diseases, including HIV and AIDS, autoimmune diseases, cancer,and endocrine disorders). The authors address both existing techniques and oral-based diagnostics that will be applicable to the aging population in the future. They also highlight those techniques that are uniquely suited to point-of-care applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventative and Restorative Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 240 South 40th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Yolanda Ann
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Slaughter
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malamud
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016321:Dental Care for Aged / Q000639:trends; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016903:Drug Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology