Geriatric Dentistry script

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GERIATRIC DENTISTRY (running time = 2:20)

SUGGESTED INTRO: AMERICANS ARE GROWING OLDER AND KEEPING THEIR TEETH LONGER TOO. DENTAL SCHOOLS HAVE RECOGNIZED THIS AND ARE RESPONDING TO THE GROWING NEED FOR ELDERLY DENTAL CARE. HERE'S A REPORT:

VOICEOVER: AMERICANS ARE GROWING OLDER AND KEEPING THEIR TEETH LONGER THAN EVER BEFORE. TODAY'S DENTISTS NEED TO HAVE EXPERIENCE CARING FOR ELDERLY PATIENTS AND TO RECOGNIZE THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS. THAT'S WHY MARSHA PYLE, A FACULTY MEMBER AT THE CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY, IS DEVELOPING THE GERIATRIC DENTISTRY PROGRAM. HER STUDENTS WORK ALONG WITH FACULTY CARING FOR THE ELDERLY AT THE SCHOOL'S COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:

MARSHA PYLE, D.D.S.

CWRU SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY

(OUTCUE: "... the remainder of their lives.") (0:37)

VOICEOVER: MANY OF THE NATION'S ELDERLY ARE NOT ABLE TO GET TO A DENTIST ON THEIR OWN. GRACE MENDOLERA IS AMONG THE TEN PERCENT OF AMERICANS SIXTY-FIVE OR OLDER THAT ARE EITHER HOMEBOUND OR IN A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY. IN THESE SITUATIONS, QUALITY DENTAL CARE CAN BE HARD TO COME BY. GRACE FEELS SHE'S FORTUNATE TO HAVE GOOD DENTAL CARE MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE MARSHA PYLE AND OTHER DENTISTS MAKE THE TRIP TO THE NURSING HOME WHERE SHE LIVES.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:

GRACE MENDOLERA

DENTAL OUTREACH PATIENT

(OUTCUE: "... that's all I'm happy for.") (0:27)

VOICEOVER: DENTAL STUDENTS WILL BE CARING FOR PATIENTS LIKE GRACE AS THE GERIATRIC DENTISTRY PROGRAM EXPANDS. MARSHA PYLE BELIEVES THAT OTHER DENTAL SCHOOLS WILL EVENTUALLY INCLUDE GERIATRIC DENTAL TRAINING IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF AMERICA'S GREYING POPULATION.

THIS IS DAVE NAROSNY REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.

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