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There are more old adults, both in absolute and relative terms, and they live longer. Moreover, the changes in the occurrence of oral diseases in the general population are also reflected in the older population; fewer people are edentulous and the dentate persons have lost fewer teeth. Or in other words, more of our older patients will live for many years with many teeth. This is a trend that will continue for years to come.

With increasing age, the risk of general diseases or impairment also increases. Moreover, in the group of old adults the accumul