Great News: Dr Nelson now works with geriatric patients and nursing homes!
Caring for older adult patients is a major challenge that the dental profession faces today.
Three Reasons to have dental care for your loved one in a nursing home facility:
1- Prevent infection that blocks the airway and leads to death
2- Minimize death-causing pneumonia from inflammed gums, debris, and gross chunks of bacteria-laden calculus being inhaled into mom or dads lungs.
3- Decrease irritation and inflammation from gum disease that hurts the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver and brain
Dental treatment for the geriatric patient will be in high demand for the decades ahead. Baby boomer seniors in nursing homes will continue to grow
An older adult's medical, functional and psychological status should be considered in each phase of dental treatment.
Careful dental evaluation of the patient through a well-structured examination and care based on sound principles and concepts continues to be the standard of care.
Clinical adaptability is the key to dental treatment success with the geriatric patient.
No one procedure, material or technique is adequate for all elderly patient treatment success.
You can count on Dr Nelson to help your parent or loved-one!
Modification of standard procedures within the limits of medical, functional and psychological status can make the difference between success and failure.