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Effects of aging on your oral health

Growing older brings both rewards and challenges. For many, the biggest rewards include time – to play, partake in creative, cerebral and athletic passions, spend time with grandchildren. Increasingly, retirees are embracing exercise and fitness, leading to longer and healthier lives.

Maintaining good oral health requires a different sort of routine (which, regrettably, doesn’t have quite the allure of golf or pickleball). Since your oral health is deeply connected to your overall health, good dental habits are increasingly important as you grow older. Use time as your advocate to do everything you can from a prevention standpoint….

Kids aren’t the only ones to lose teeth. Adults can suffer tooth loss for various reasons, including trauma/accidents, gum disease, tooth decay and bruxism (grinding), as well as severely misaligned teeth. A lost tooth isn’t just bad for your smile, it is bad for your overall oral health. Losing one tooth actually makes it more likely that you’ll eventually lose more teeth … because the empty space results in increased reliance on the surrounding teeth, which can lead to fracture from overuse. You’re also more likely to develop infections with the newly empty space in your gums.

If you find yourself with a new space in your mouth,…

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