Communication of dentists with geriatric dental patients

Kang,  Myoung-Sheen

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 49(10); 2011 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2011;49(10):599-608.
Published online October 31, 2011.

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Communication of dentists with geriatric dental patients

Myoung-Sheen Kang

Department of Health Policy and Management, Division of Public Health Law and Ethics, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University

Abstract

Dentist-patient communication has long been recognized as an important part of dental care. It has many positive outcomes, including reducing patient dental anxiety and increasing patient satisfaction and patient compliance. Above all, the need to communicate through conversation with dentist must be perceived as a basic dental patient's need for good clinical outcomes. In the future, increasing geriatric dental patients will pose challenges to dental profession. Factors influencing dentist-geriatric patient communication should be researched and relevant techniques should be shared among dentists.

Key Words: geriatric dental patient;communication;