[Some stomatologic health problems in elderly persons].
The year 1999 was acclaimed The Year of Ripe Age by WHO. On account of this, attention should be paid to problems related to changes within the oral cavity tissues, mandibular and circummandibular bones, which progress together with the process of ageing. These changes may be due to physiological involutional processes or due to increasing tendencies towards various pathological changes. In general opinion the loss of teeth, which do not need to be treated, is the end of basic diseases and dental problems only concern prosthetic supplements. Obligatory, periodic dental examinations are not imposed on the population of old people. Thus, the only possibility of early diagnosis of morbid processes within tissue structures of the oral cavity, is general examination including a detailed inspection of the oral cavity, even if the patient does not complain about any indisposition.