Abstract
Objective: Analyze the role of the dental surgeon (CD) in the care of elderly patients, seeking to expose the specificities of geriatric care, as well as to present common occurrences to elderly patients that may be a limiting factor in their treatment. Methods: Proceeded through a literature review, with descriptive and informative interpellation, in which the methodology of precepts took place through searches for scientific literature, in databases, having as descriptors: Geriatric dentistry, oral cavity care in elderly patients and specialized care. Results: The CD in the geriatric scope performs a job in the aspect of multiprofessional integrality, aiming at the promotion of oral health in elderly patients, always taking into account the systemic and psychosocial conditions, in addition to analyzing the countless changes occurred by the natural aging process. Final Considerations: In Brazil, the growing population of elderly people has increased dramatically, the CD must situate itself in these circumstances and amplify its understandings in the area of odontogeriatrics in order to ensure an accurate therapeutic resource, always seeking the comfort of these patients, since they need more specific attention seeking precision in the prognoses and diagnoses.