Can old people get dental caries

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Dental caries is a kind of dental disease which has a high chance of occurrence and does not necessarily occur in any population, that is to say, it may occur from children to the elderly. Mainly related to eating habits and hygiene. It's not that caries will not occur at a certain age. Dental caries is mainly because after eating, food residue left on the teeth, and the oral environment is not particularly clean when the breeding of bacteria, these bacteria slowly began to corrode people's teeth, resulting in dental caries. Let's take a look at the following.

Can old people get dental caries

First, when dental caries occurs in the elderly, it will lead to the first pain of the elderly. Secondly, when the dental caries is serious and the teeth are lost, chewing will be hindered, and the absorption of nutrition will become a burden, which is not conducive to the health of the elderly.

Second: if dental caries occurs in children, it will lead to bad appearance. If dental caries is serious, the teeth will decay prematurely, but the permanent teeth have not yet reached the stage of development. In this way, the growth of teeth will be affected, and the pronunciation of children's speech will also be affected.

Third: oral hygiene has been repeatedly emphasized by doctors, but many people tend to ignore it. In fact, as long as you brush your teeth carefully every time in your daily life, and brush your teeth for a long time, then try to eat less sticky or stimulating food.

matters needing attention

Dental caries does not occur as long as there are food residues in the teeth. It often needs an environment conducive to the growth of bacteria. Therefore, even if you can't brush your teeth after eating every time, gargling is also very helpful.