The lady Graciela Cordova is about to get his smile. He has been attending for 7 years Geriatrics Clinic of the IMSS Wellbeingbut at 70 years old, he regrets not having taken care of himself from a young age to be able to avoid loss of several of his teeth.
In my case, it was after age 60 when I started to have more mouth problems. Then you also feel nervous, with pain and discomfort. They must be treated immediately, they can still be saved
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In Mexico, statistics indicate that 9 out of 10 adults have cavities or gum disease. And 8 out of 10 people between 50 and 60 years old have only 10 of their teetha situation that can be avoided if you have good habits hygiene from an early age.
José Roberto Muñoz, dental surgeon, in charge of Elderly Care at the IMSS Bienestar Geriatrics Clinic, says that there is no culture to care for oral health.
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Since we are children we do not have culture, it becomes a very serious problem. They are adults who no longer come because ‘I’m old, why do I come?’. So literally they say: ‘well, I’m going to die, why should I get ready?’, so the older you are, the fewer visits
Oral problems
And it is that the oral problemss are not only aesthetic. They generate multiple consequences, including digestive and cardiac consequences.
A patient who does not have teeth does not chew well. A patient who cannot absorb his food loses weight, when you lose weight you already have another problem: the patient’s bone density, but there is a more serious one that no one realizes: it is called endocarditis. We have cavities, where does that go? Into the bloodstream, and where does the bloodstream go? to your little heart, and in your little heart, what is there? Arteries, it blocks them
Recommendations for oral health
Los health specialists oral cavity insist on the need to go every 6 months to dental checkupeven if there is no discomfort; brush your teeth 3 times a day, after each meal.
And above all, apply a correct tooth brushing technique.
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With information from Farah Reachi
ME/JLR
