Today, life expectancy is longer than ever before. Many of us can expect to live active and
vibrant lives well into our golden years.
Through exercise and healthy living our bodies are able to help us
continue to enjoy many of the activities that we love; although maybe at a
slower pace!
As part of your health care team, we at Forman Dental do our
best to make sure your teeth and mouth can keep pace with your active lifestyle
and not slow you down or get in the way.
By far, the most successful approach to ensure your teeth
and mouth can keep up with your active lifestyle as you get older is 1) great
home care with brushing and flossing 2)
Maintain you professional hygiene appointments - 3 to 4 month intervals is
ideal 3) Use a grinding appliance if recommended 4) Be aware of how your medications
can affect your mouth – individual recommendations will be helpful in many
cases.
Many of our patients avoid having dental work done while
they are younger for reasons of cost and time or are not motivated because many
significant changes occur slowly over time and do not hurt, only to find that
problems become magnified with age.
Often at an older age it
is difficult medically to have certain treatments or physically it is tough to be in the dental chair for extended time periods. Some patients will even reason that “I am too old to spend the money because I won’t be around long enough”. As a result, rather than being active and vibrant many patients suffer quietly and don’t enjoy life the way they could. Proper oral function including chewing, talking and smiling are vital for overall health and well-being. Without good nutrition it is easy to decline at an older age.
is difficult medically to have certain treatments or physically it is tough to be in the dental chair for extended time periods. Some patients will even reason that “I am too old to spend the money because I won’t be around long enough”. As a result, rather than being active and vibrant many patients suffer quietly and don’t enjoy life the way they could. Proper oral function including chewing, talking and smiling are vital for overall health and well-being. Without good nutrition it is easy to decline at an older age.
Our philosophy at Forman Dental is to encourage our patients
to work to make their mouth stable by the time they are 65yrs old. Our definition of stable is “to require very
little dental work, if at all, other than maintenance “. This is entirely possible but does require
some effort and planning.
If you think it is time to do some long term planning for
your mouth please give us a call. Please
also remember if you have an aging parent, sibling or other friend or relative
that they may be great at getting to medical appointments while dental care is
often forgotten. A great question
to ask is when they last had their teeth and gums checked?
