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The Role of Gerodontology in the Centenarian Era - Toward the International Consensus -〈専〉〈日〉

[ISY-2] Gerodontology in the centenarian era: working towards a global consensus

○Murali Srinivasan¹ (1. Clinic Director and Chair, Clinic of General, Special care and Geriatric Dentistry,University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.)

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Prof. Dr. Murali Srinivasan
Zurich, Switzerland.
Dr. med. dent., BDS, MDS, MBA, MAS, Prosthodontist University of Zurich, Clinic of General-, Special care-, & Geriatric Dentistry.
Prof. Murali Srinivasan is the chair of the Clinic of General-, Special care-, and Geriatric Dentistry at the University of Zurich in Switzerland.

He received his dental degrees from India and from Switzerland. He was in specialist private practice in Dubai before he moved to Geneva as an ITI Scholar in 2011; he was elected ITI Fellow in 2013. Currently, he is the past-president of the European College of Gerodontology. Professor Srinivasan has received many awards in the field of geriatric research. His current focus is on the clinical applications of CAD/CAM technology in removable prosthodontics and geriatric dentistry.

The number of elderly adults is increasing globally, and natural teeth are being retained to an advanced age-segment. Although this highlights a significant amount of success for the preventive dental health programs, awareness, and access to quality dental care, it further signifies that the need for dental treatments may become necessary only later in life. Geriatric dentistry may in fact become routine or mainstream dentistry quite rapidly in the not so distant future. A global consensus is warranted, in the oral health care provision for elders, in the education of the caregivers, for amendments of the oral as well as general health policies, and for an active empowerment of all stake-holders involved. This presentation will discuss the oral health policy guidelines for elders in Europe, which was recommended by the European College of Gerodontology and European Geriatric Medicine Society. The lecture will present the European Consensus on the standards of oral health care for dependent elders in industrialized nations, the patients’ perspectives in receiving care, and the current attitudes of the swiss oral health care professionals towards older adults. The presentation will further discuss, briefly, the current gerodontology curriculum followed in Switzerland along with solutions for improving access to oral care for institutionalized older adults.