Geriatric Dentistry and the Alzheimer Disease

Introduction: The world population is getting old, mainly in countries in development like Brazil. So, the number of pathologies, which appears in the elderly, will happen in a higher frequency. Among these diseases, we can point Alzheimer, an irreversible dementia, that has been related to age, cer...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Coelho GOIATO, Daniela Micheline dos SANTOS, Valentim Adelino Ricardo BARÃO, Aldiéris Alves PESQUEIRA, Humberto GENNARI FILHO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association of Support to Oral Health Research (APESB) 2006-08-01
Series:Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada
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Online Access:http://www.uepb.edu.br/eduep/pboci/pdf/Artigo15v62.pdf