PROSES PENUAAN PADA JARINGAN KERAS PALATUM
Abstract Palate is the roof of the mouth. The palate is divided into two parts, the hard palate or the anterior bony and the soft palate or the posterior fleshy. T composition and volume around 30%. In addition, the aging process cause the changing on he hard palate is important for feeding and speech. As the aging process, on elderly people, there will be decrease the bone the hard palate function, taste perception may be altered. On the cellular aspect, osteoblast, a bone formation cells, will synthesize and regulate matrix protein to produce cytokine that can induce the formation of osteoclast, which cause bone resorption. In the aging process there will also be imbalance between bone resorption and bone formation. Wearing full denture (GTL) could cause bone trauma, which induced alveolar bone resorption. In addition, edentulous patient can decrease a processus alveolar and make the surface of palate become more smooth and flat. The uncom...