There are many friends around me, especially people aged 35 to 50 years and above. Whenever they mention their age, they can’t help but sigh: “I can’t do it anymore. I’m getting older. I’m running for four or five years. My physical fitness has declined, and my teeth have become

Lu Bo, Doctor of Stomatology, Deputy Chief Physician. He is keen on using simple and clear words to popularize oral health knowledge to the public. The key to maintaining oral health is: "Prevention is better than cure"!

There are many friends around me, especially people aged 35 to 50 years and above. Whenever they mention their age, they can’t help but sigh: "I can’t do it anymore. I am getting older. I am running four or five, and my physical fitness has declined. My teeth are not in good shape either.” When I think that I may be entering the “old-fashioned” middle-aged and elderly stage, I have trouble sleeping and eating.

Indeed, just think about it:

Suppose you are a respected teacher, how can you bear to speak in front of students and have unclear pronunciation?

Suppose you are an amateur food critic, how can you bear to be compared with the vast majority of Greater China? Say goodbye to some delicacies completely?

Even if you are just an ordinary person, how can you bear to speak without teeth?

Is the saying "cliché" really inevitable? (The answer is: It can be avoided)

In February 2019, National Health Commission released the "Healthy Oral Action Plan (2019-2025)", which clearly proposed oral health indicators for different groups of people:

By 2025

Caries in children aged 12 The prevalence rate should be controlled within 30%

The rate of brushing teeth twice a day for adults should reach 45%

The number of remaining teeth for the elderly aged 65 to 74 should reach 24, etc.

So: aging is not inevitable. As we grow older, Gums will indeed recede to varying degrees, but the real culprit that aggravates tooth loss is periodontal disease.

How did "old-fashioned" step by step embark on this road of no return?

First of all, if we pay attention to oral health when we are young, our teeth should look like this: healthy and stable, like this:

But if you often forget to brush your teeth in the morning and evening, or do not brush them cleanly, you will allow plaque to grow wildly. , slowly evolved into dental calculus , then , it becomes like this:

When dental calculus accumulates, if no intervention measures are taken, such as tooth cleaning , then the dental calculus will grow bigger and bigger, and the gums will be forced There was an internal injury and it started to become red and swollen. At this stage of , it is easy to see blood when brushing your teeth.

If you don’t pay attention, then the gums will begin to shrink, the alveolar bone will be absorbed and destroyed, the teeth will be slightly loose.

If you continue to stand by and watch, the gum recession will further intensify, the alveolar bone will continue to be absorbed and destroyed, the teeth will become loose obviously.

At this stage, it is useless to take regret medicine, because it has reached the advanced stage of shedding, and teeth are shaky and may fall out at any time.

In the end you lost a tooth forever. Have you ever felt that your mouth is empty and your heart is also empty? Don't worry, you will continue to lose the second and third teeth...

teaches you three methods to effectively avoid the "old-fashioned" mid-life crisis

First, take preventive measures before the teeth become loose, just like As I mentioned at the beginning of the article, the key to maintaining oral health is: "Prevention is better than cure"! So how can we prevent it? The key is to do the following:

) Clean your mouth carefully every day: Brush your teeth carefully every morning and evening, no less than 3 minutes, and use dental floss for a second cleaning.

) Clean your teeth at least once a year: If dental calculus has formed, don’t hesitate. You can’t remove it by brushing your teeth by yourself. Go get a teeth cleaning. After a teeth cleaning, the problem of gum bleeding can be improved. Normally, everyone should have their teeth cleaned every six months to one year. After cleaning your teeth, remember to return to the first step: clean your mouth carefully every day.

) Visit a dentist regularly: Regular oral examinations can detect dental caries , periodontal disease, etc. early, and treat them as early as possible, spending less money and suffering less. It would be expensive and time-consuming to really wait until the problem becomes serious before seeing a doctor.

Let me do the math for you:

If tooth decay is found early, a simple filling only costs 200 to 300 yuan;

But when the tooth decay is deep enough to require root canal treatment , the cost of the root canal + crown , it is an expensive mobile phone (3000-6000 yuan);

and if the tooth is so rotten that it cannot be saved and the tooth has to be extracted, then the price of dental implants in the future (10000-20000+ yuan each) , the whole mouth may be enough to buy a car. This is the so-called "mouthing a car".

Finally, I would like to summarize the important knowledge points of this article.

As the saying goes, "old teeth" in middle age, whether it is "oldness" or "loss of teeth", is a gradual development process. As long as we insist on cleaning the mouth seriously every day, every year Cleaning your teeth at least once and seeing a dentist regularly can effectively avoid the crisis of "old teeth" . The core of maintaining oral health is "prevention is better than cure".