PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Marsha A. Pyle AU - Geza T. Terezhalmy TI - Oral disease in the geriatric patient: the physician’s role DP - 1995 Jul 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 218--226 VI - 62 IP - 4 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/62/4/218.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/62/4/218.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med1995 Jul 01; 62 AB - SUMMARY In the elderly, oral health has a profound impact on general well-being. The ability to quickly identify potentially harmful oral health problems is valuable to the physician, who generally will see an older patient more often than the dentist will.