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1. All About Dental Health &
Dental Options

2. Introduction
Why do we need teeth?
– Chew
– Talk
– Appearance
• Maintaining healthy teeth and gums at any age is an important part of
preserving your overall good health.
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3. Oral Health Important to
General Health
Association between chronic and oral infection
• Diabetes
• Heart disease
• Lung disease
• Stroke
• Low-birth-weight
• Premature births
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4. The Effect of Poor Oral Health
Lack of good oral health can lead to:
• Chronic pain
• Chronic infections
• Poor social relationships
• Problems in speaking and learning
• Malnutrition
• Problems in getting employment
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5. Toothache
Reasons for Toothache
• Holes in teeth
• Deep repairs
• Exposed tooth neck
• Teeth Grinding
• Gum infection
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6. How do you clean your own teeth
• Place the brush wrong against the gum line and brush both teeth and gums.
• Brush with agitating movement
• Do not press the brush too hard
It is easiest to brush the same way each time so that all teeth are clean. First up
there on the outside and the inside, both on the teeth and gums. Since the
same down there.
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7. Good Oral Hygiene
Protect against oral disease by:
• Brushing and flossing twice daily
• Limit sweets
• Visit your dentist regularly
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8. Oral Disease
There are different types of Oral Disease - basically
• Tooth Decay
• Gum Disease
• Dry Mouth
• Cancer
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9. Oral Disease: Tooth Decay
Major cause of tooth loss for all ages
• Why Seniors?
– Consume refined carbohydrates
– Sweet foods, drinks or medications
Minimizing Tooth Decay:
– Substitute: refined sugars/artificial sweeteners
– Use anti-bacterial mouth rinse to reduce level of bacteria
– Brush and floss twice daily
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10. Oral Disease: Gum Disease
Causes of Gum diseases
• Gingivitis – inflammation of the gum tissue
• Periodontist – destruction of bone and the structures supporting the teeth
– Common oral problems that may result in tooth loss
– Respond well to proper oral hygiene routines and treatment by your
dentist
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11. Oral Disease: Dry Mouth
Effects of Dry Mouth
• Medications common to seniors may decrease saliva production and cause
dry mouth
• Without saliva the mouth and teeth become more susceptible to infections,
ulcerations and decay
• Affects: taste, speech, chewing, swallowing, and tolerance to dentures
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12. Oral Disease: Cancer
Oral Cancer
• Can develop in the mouth
• More likely to develop in older adults who smoke or chew tobacco and/or
abuse alcohol
• Early diagnosis is crucial
• All non-healing sores in the mouth or changes in voice deserve close
attention and monitoring
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13. Dental Options
Crowns
• Rather than remove a tooth damaged by decay or accident, a cover –
known as a crown or cap – can be placed over the remaining tooth
• Under local anesthetic, the tooth is reduced in size for the final crown to be
cemented onto the tooth
• During your next visit, the permanent crown will be cemented onto your
tooth
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14. Dental Options
Replacing a lost tooth
• Three main types of artificial teeth
– Dental Implants
– Dentures
– Bridge
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15. Dental Options - Implants
Dental Implant
• Placing metal posts beneath the gum into jaw
• Dental implants are frequently used as anchors for partial as well as full
dental appliances and dentures.
• Dental implants are one option of tooth replacement that actually helps to
preserve the patient’s jawbone health.
• Implant dentistry methods are tremendously successful. In fact, the current
success rate of Osseointegrated Dental Implants falls right around 94 to 98
percent.
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16. Dental Options - Denture
Dentures
• A removable or partial denture replaces all of the lost teeth in the arch
• The denture is held in place by clasping to the remaining adjacent teeth
• Two types of dentures are available - complete and partial dentures.
• Complete dentures cover your entire upper or lower jaw.
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17. Dental Options - Bridge
Bridge
• A bridge, also known as a fixed partial denture, is a dental restoration used
to replace a missing tooth by joining permanently to adjacent teeth or
dental implants.
• Is a replacement that is cemented to adjacent teeth and cannot be removed
• A unit made up of a false tooth and two crowns is custom made to fill the
area of the lost tooth and cemented in place
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18. Dental Options – Root Canal
Root Canal
• Teeth infected or abscessed can often be saved by performing root canal
treatment
• An opening is made in your tooth and the infected nerve is removed
• After most root canal treatments, the patient will require a crown to support
the remaining tooth structure
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19. For more Dental Help
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D & D Periodontal Associates NYC
595 Madison Avenue, Suite 2500
New York, New York 10022
Call us: 212-759-7763