The Effect of Aging in Oral Mucosa and Skin

Introduction (C.A. Squier and M.W. Hill). Oral Soft Tissue Diseases in Geriatric Populations: An Epidemiologic Overview (P.A. Swango and D.V. Kleinman). The Iowa 65+ Oral Health Study 1983-88: Oral Mucosal Lesions (J.S. Hand). Clinical Manifestations of Oral Mucosal Aging (R.L. Ettinger). Clinical Manifestations of Skin Aging (T.J. Phillips and L.F. Kanj). Structural Aspects of Cutaneous Aging: Chronologic Versus Photoaging (R.M. Lavker). Cellular and Molecular Basis of Skin Aging Lessons for Understanding the Aging of Oral Mucosa (J. Uitto). Structural Aspects of Aging in the Oral Mucosa (D.M. Williams and A.R. Cruchley). Epithelial Proliferation and Turnover in Oral Epithelium and Epidermis (M.W. Hill). Salivary Mucins, Aging and the Oral Mucosal Barrier (P.C. Denny and P.A. Denny). Permeability of Oral Mucosa and Skin with Age (C.A. Squier, P.W. Wertz, D.M. Williams, and A.T. Cruchley). Effects of Aging on the Microvasculature and Blood Flow in Skin and Oral Mucosa (G.K. Johnson). Effects of Aging on Epithelial Metabolism (P.W. Wertz, J. Karthingasan, and M.W. Hill). Changes in Immune Functions with Age (P.M. Farthing and L.J. Walton). Age-Related Differences in Healing of Superficial Skin Wounds in Humans (G.L. Grove). Influence of Age on the Response of Oral Mucosa to Injury (M.W. Hill, J. Karthingasan, J.H. Berg, and C.A. Squier). The Effects of Aging on Structure and Function of Taste Buds (M.E. Frank). Effects of Aging on Oral Mucosa and Skin Perspectives and Future Studies (O. Alvares). Conclusion.