Age Related Illness

• atrophy?


  reduction in epithelial thickness flexibility of collagen fibres, innervation and blood supply, impacts healing, xerostomia, skin creases
• Dental impacts Cardiovascular diseases

  • GA / LA risk
  • anxiety
  • positional breathlessness
  • postural hypertension
  • valve defects
  • functional issues after stroke
  • pain? temporal or tongue