International Rural Aging Project

Invited Symposia

International Strategies Necessary to Enhance Oral Health in the Elderly

Partially supported by Procter & Gamble and DENTSPLY, Int.

Convener: Douglas Berkey
Chair, Department of Applied Dentistry at the University of Colorado School of Dentistry

Date Friday, June 9
Time 10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Location Embassy Suites

Abstract
Meeting the substantial unmet dental needs of the elderly throughout the world is a tremendous challenge. The symposia (Sessions I-III) will address country-specific issues pertaining to identifying and helping to solve the oral health problems of older adults. Speakers are internationally respected dental experts who will present their national/regional epidemiologic dental needs data and then propose specific strategies necessary to improve oral health status. The Sunday morning symposium (Session IV) will be a guided discussion examining the potential for increased multinational and public/private collaborations as well as the pursuit of other approaches culminating in global initiatives to enhance geriatric oral health.

Geriatric Oral Health Issues in the United Kingdom
Angus Walls and Jimmy Steele, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England

Geriatric Oral Health Issues in Australia
Jane Chalmers, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Geriatric Oral Health Issues in Japan
Fumiaki Shinsho, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Geriatric Oral Health Issues in China
Luan Wen-min, Chen Xia, Wang Hongying, Beijing Hospital, Beijing, China

Geriatric Oral Health Issues in India
Naseem Shah, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Geriatric Oral Health Issues in Africa
Clement Luhanga & Moshi Ntabaye, IADR, East and Southern African Division, Africa

Geriatric Oral Health Issues in Spain
Carles Subirà , Josep M. Ramon, and the Spanish Gerodontological Research Group, Barcelona, Spain

Geriatric Oral Health Issues in Germany
Ina Nitschke, University of Leipzig, Germany

Geriatric Oral Health Issues In Uruguay
Susumu Nisizaki, University of Uruguay, Faculty of Dentistry, Montevideo, Uruguay

Geriatric Oral Health Issues in the United States
Douglas Berkey and Rob Berg, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, US

Continuing Education Credits
WV Dentistry: 7 hrs