Improving Oral Health for Older Adults
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 1371
Special Issue Editors
2. College of Dental Medicine, Roseman University of Health Sciences, Summerlin, NV 89135, USA
Interests: primary care; public health; health professions education; oral health
2. Division of Public Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
3. Department of Orthopaedics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
Interests: public health; artificial intelligence; assessment; education; healthcare
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
By 2030, the elderly population will increase so that one in every five residents, or more than 70 million Americans, will be 65 or older. As the population ages, so will the burden of chronic disease. Among the most common diseases affecting older adults are chronic diseases of the oral cavity, including dental infections (e.g., caries, periodontitis), tooth loss, mucosal lesions, and oral cancer. These conditions can adversely affect nutrition, self-esteem, quality of life, and general health. Oral health’s association with general health, morbidity, and mortality in older adults highlights its importance for healthy aging. Adding to this is the fact that many older adults have unmet needs, do not see a dentist annually, or reside in long-term care settings with poor access to oral health care.
This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on oral health and older adults. New research papers, reviews, case reports, and conference papers are welcome for this issue. Papers dealing with data-driven approaches to improve oral health in older adults are especially desirable. Position papers, brief reports, and commentaries are also welcome.
Advancements in oral health will encompass many disciplines, and as such we encourage submissions from diverse disciplines, including dentistry, dental hygiene, public health, epidemiology, intervention studies, risk and health impact assessments, risk management, and health economics.
Dr. Martin S. Lipsky
Prof. Dr. Man Hung
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- oral health
- older adults
- elderly
- general health
- long term care
- geriatric dentistry
- dentistry
- periodontal diseases
- edentulism
- access to care
- xerostomia
- caries
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