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Older Adults’ Dental Care; That means dental professionals must tailor their dental care for older adults to accommodate this growing demographic’s special needs. As a dentist, how can you help older patients?

Older Adults' Dental Care - Dry Mouth Dry mouth is often a problem among older adults, especially for individuals who take multiple medications or have received head and neck radiation. Aside from making eating and speaking uncomfortable, dry mouth increases patients' risk for dental caries. This also avoids restorations, which as well as being invasive could be potentially tricky.

Older Adults’ Dental Care: Root Caries
Your older patients may have exposed root surfaces due to gingival recession. Prevention is key in preventing and controlling root caries, including using a high-fluoride toothpaste and periodically receiving an in-office fluoride varnish treatment.


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