Concerned about the oral health of the elderly

With the social progress and economic improvement of living standards, people are increasingly aware of the importance of oral health, but most people the awareness of oral health fuzzy or there are errors, many people only to toothache unbearable or loose teeth fall off affect eating and beautiful just the treatment, which gave a better life brought regret urgent need to improve people's oral health care level. According to the third national oral health survey results, our middle-aged and elderly patients with oral problems and dental caries prevalence as high as 88.1% and 98.4% respectively.

This year's theme is: "concerned about the oral health of the elderly. To popularize the knowledge of oral health care, so that more people a correct understanding of the dangers of oral diseases, improve the quality of people's lives, improve the people's oral health knowledge and dental instruments awareness of our hospital health care teams came on September 20 Love Teeth Day free dental clinic consultation activities the same day of shopping centers Piazza, "I just lost two teeth, do not have to hurry to fill it, ready to out-for-full dentures." 73-year-old Aunt Wang consulting Road. Tell her expert diagnosis, missing teeth, should be promptly fillings or missing teeth will lead to chewing dysfunction of digestive function, in addition, also easy to impaction of food, caused by dental caries and a variety of periodontal disease. Bustling activity site, come check the mouth, teeth and the masses flocked to accept a free clinic, nearly 200 people, middle-aged friend of more than 130 people, while the doctors were also to improve the quality of life, control of oral diseases dental care from childhood oral hygiene habits, how to prevent dental caries, the theme of the promotion, free distribution of oral health promotion information.

Oral expert recommendations to come to counseling in the elderly: in everyday life we must first correct specification brushing, the correct selection of toothpaste and health care toothbrush; Secondly, stop smoking, drink less, balanced diet, drink plenty of water to Dental health care for life prevent dry mouth; addition the elderly for the use of dentures (commonly known as dentures), postprandial clean dentures, before going to bed to take the export within the removable partial denture, and soaked in water or denture cleaning solution; and to an oral examination on a regular basis every six months or a year.