The Aging mouth
By: volume editor, D.B. Ferguson.
Contributors: Ferguson, D. B.
Series: Frontiers of oral physiology ;; vol. 6
Publisher: Karger
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Basel; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Mouth -- Aging.; Aging -- physiology.; Dental Pulp -- physiology.; Jaw -- physiology.; Mouth -- physiology.; Taste -- physiology.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of physiological changes in the aging mouth / D.B. Ferguson; title: Age changes to the dental pulp / S. Bernick; title: Morphological changes in human salivary glands / J.R. Drummond; title: Structural age changes in salivary glands / J. Scott; title: Changes in innervation of dentine and pulp with age / K. Fried; title: Collagen in aging bone of the jaw / J. Shikata, N. Utsumi, D. Fujimoto; title: Protein synthesis in salivary glands as related to aging / S.K. Kim; title: Collagen changes in dental pulp / C.J. Nielsen; title: Saliva secretion and composition / B.J. Baum; title: Aging and chemosensory perception / C. Murphy; title: Taste perception mechanisms / J.M. Weiffenbach.