De noodzaak van gerodontologie in onderwijs en onderzoek
DOI: 10.5177/ntvt.2019.12.19086 Bladzijden: 631-635Thema: Mondzorg bij kwetsbare ouderen
Het besef dat mondzorg voor de oudere patiënt zeer gewenst en bovendien noodzakelijk is, is pas enkele decennia oud. Het eerste onderzoek werd gedaan in 1978. In Nederland en Vlaanderen kwam het onderzoek naar mondzorg voor ouderen enkele jaren later van de grond: aan de universiteit van Nijmegen vond de eerste promotie op het vakgebied van de gerodontologie plaats in 1989, waarna er meer volgden. In 2005 werd het BENECOMO opgericht, een Belgisch-Nederlands consortium waarin geriatrisch-tandartsen en specialisten ouderengeneeskunde nauw samenwerken in onderzoeken. De samenwerking heeft onder andere ertoe geleid dat gerodontologie nu een breed vakgebied is dat rekening houdt met een toenemend belang van biomedische, psychologische en sociale factoren en een multidisciplinaire aanpak met aandacht voor preventie.
The need for gerodontology in education and research
The realisation that oral care for elder patients is very desirable and also necessary is only a few decades old. The earliest research was carried out in 1978. In the Netherlands and Flanders, research on oral care for the elderly began a few years later: the first doctoral degree in the field of gerodontology was awarded at the University of Nijmegen in 1989, after which more followed. In 2005, the BENECOMO was established, a Belgian-Dutch consortium in which geriatric dentists and specialists in healthcare for the elderly cooperate closely in research. A consequence of the cooperation has been, among other things, that gerodontology is now a broad professional field, which takes into consideration the importance of biomedical, psychological and social factors and a multidisciplinary approach, aiming at prevention.
The need for gerodontology in education and research
The realisation that oral care for elder patients is very desirable and also necessary is only a few decades old. The earliest research was carried out in 1978. In the Netherlands and Flanders, research on oral care for the elderly began a few years later: the first doctoral degree in the field of gerodontology was awarded at the University of Nijmegen in 1989, after which more followed. In 2005, the BENECOMO was established, a Belgian-Dutch consortium in which geriatric dentists and specialists in healthcare for the elderly cooperate closely in research. A consequence of the cooperation has been, among other things, that gerodontology is now a broad professional field, which takes into consideration the importance of biomedical, psychological and social factors and a multidisciplinary approach, aiming at prevention.