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Humanidades Médicas

On-line version ISSN 1727-8120

Abstract

GUERRA COBIAN, Orlando. Clinical and ethical considerations in the implementation of dental implants rehabilitations in senior adults. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.2, pp.311-325. ISSN 1727-8120.

The lack of justness and justice in the distribution of high technology don't exclude the public health in cases where the readiness is inferior to the demand. Inside of dentistry, the implantology has in our country limited resources, and the multidisciplinary assesment to rehabilitate by means of dental implant to senior adult it depends on objective and subjective factors. In this article, in the measure that the factors which determine an bigger exclusion of senior adult are identified to become rehabilitated by means of dental implant; it is sought as objective to expose clinical and ethical considerations to consider for a fair and effective selection. Was concluded that in spite of having an established systematical diagnoses, subjective factors influence in the low index of senior adult to become rehabilitated, and that the multidisciplinary consultation should impart justness and justice in the selection considering the quality of life like a primordial factor to reach a healthy aging.

Keywords : dental implantology; senior adult; bioethics.

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