Is tooth loss a natural law?
Mr. Zhang began to lose his teeth when he was in his 50s. By the time he was 67, he had become a "toothless old man". He could only drink porridge and tofu every day.
In the end, my son took Mr. Zhang to the hospital to have a removable denture. He thought that the denture could restore some chewing ability and change the status quo.
Unexpectedly, hard and sticky food is still inedible, and the dentures are extremely easy to fall off, and it is inconvenient to clean. (News source | Sohu News)
Once, the World Health Organization put forward the 8020 plan, which means that when people are 80 years old, they can still keep 20 teeth that have chewing functions and are not loose.
Only in this way can the quality of life of the elderly be guaranteed and will not be affected by missing teeth.
But the reality is that 80-year-olds in China don't have 20 teeth, and one-third of them don't even have a single tooth.
Regarding teeth, the Chinese have a deep-rooted misunderstanding, that is, they think that people will lose their teeth as they get old, and that tooth loss is a natural law.
Tooth loss is not a natural law, but related to a person's living habits.
If you do not pay attention to oral hygiene, bacteria will grow and multiply in the alveolar bone, destroy capillaries, reduce the activity of osteoblasts, and eventually cause the roots to loosen and fall off.
When teeth are missing, the chewing function of a person will be reduced or even lost.
This is not just as simple as reducing the quality of life, it will affect the body's absorption of nutrients, and severe cases may even cause digestive system diseases.
Perhaps, you will feel that it doesn't matter, and think that the dentures will solve the problem.
However, the inlaid teeth are not as easy to use as your own teeth, even if you have an Audi in your mouth, sorry, the teeth are not easy to use or not.
