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Impact of Human Genome Project on treatment of frail and edentulous patients.
Gerodontology - 1 Mar 2004
Nishimura Ichiro, Garrett Neal
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Because of ongoing increases in life expectancy and deferment of edentulousness to older age, dentists are facing a different challenge to satisfy elderly denture wearers with a higher prevalence of chronic diseases. This discussion introduces the Human Genome databases as novel and powerful resources to re-examine the core problems experienced by frail and edentulous patients. BACKGROUND: Recent...
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