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Most dentists stress the importance of dental care for elders. Realism for caregivers comes into play here, as many of our elders get so they can't be transported and lifted into a dental chair for major work. Some will fight even having their mouth swabbed out by a family member. This can become a h...
Carol,
It is indeed hard to watch out for the dental health of the elderly with AD. We finally found this 3-minutes dental cleaning solution and the caregivers now does it pretty much everyday after my FIL goes to bed. There used to be some solution that needs 15 minutes which I think is too long for caregiver to handle because they had to do it within certain time and return the dentures to the cup next to his bed so he does not feel something is wrong. My FIL does not know he needs to clean the denture anymore but he can take them off himself if told. I think it is too late for him to make a new denture but fortunately the dentist friend did his new upper denture in late 2005. Like eyeglasses, he cannot get these things with precision anymore.
Thanks for the post,
Nina
Exactly, Nina. I was thinking of eye glasses when I wrote it. :)