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Written By Emma Sturgis / Reviewed By Ray Spotts

By building good daily habits to protect your teeth, you can reduce a great deal of pain and expense. Carefully monitor your teeth to make sure that they’re clean before you go to bed. Flossing before bed is especially critical.

Written By Thorpe Lea Dental / Reviewed By Ray Spotts

Thanks to modern dental advancements, maintaining good oral hygiene is an easily attainable goal. Dental hygienists are trained to recognize oral health issues and assist in maintaining oral hygiene, so it is vitally important that bi-annual teeth cleanings are part of your dental routine.

Here are seven reasons to visit your hygienist.

Our risk of developing gum disease, dry mouth, cavities, oral cancer, and tooth loss increases significantly as we enter our senior years. Being aware of oral health issues for seniors, maintaining good oral hygiene and visiting your dentist regularly can go a long way in alleviating and preventing common dental problems experienced by adults over the age of 60.

The use of a saliva test is gaining popularity as a way of assessing oral health in addition to many other health conditions.

Of the risk factors studied, poor oral health was found to have the largest impact on malnutrition. More than half of the patients in the study had some dental problems, and patients with dental problems were three times as likely to suffer from malnutrition as those without dental problems. Ten percent of patients experienced food insecurity the definition of which was based on responses to questions regarding not having enough food, eating fewer meals, and going to bed hungry.