Senior Dental Care: Helping You Care for Your Elderly Parents

Elderly patients often suffer needless dental discomfort and pain that can be prevented with regular dental visits. Caring adults often stay abreast of their parents' physical conditions. Asking key questions can help you, help them enjoy a quality life:

• Are they experiencing any pain or discomfort anywhere in their mouth?
• Do they avoid chewing on one side?
• Can they chew meat and raw vegetables?
• Are any of their teeth or dentures loose?
• Do they have sore spots on their gums? 
• Have they stopped eating the foods they love?

Our dentist cares for many elderly patients and approaches them with great empathy in an unrushed manner. Our thorough dental exam allows him to assess what you cannot see, and he will be happy to share the on-screen images with you. Many times, we can offer preventive services that will eliminate potential discomfort and reduce the need for future dental treatments considerably. In consultation with you and your parent, a treatment can be decided on to best offer a solution to improve their ability to eat well. A nourishing diet hinges on sound ability to bite and chew a variety of foods. Many are not aware that modern-day dentistry can offer simple solutions that were not available in the past. The eventual resorting to a soft-food diet is often unnecessary and diminishes optimal health. We would be happy to help you get the care you would like for your elderly parent. (Parking at our doorstep, our wheelchair ramp, and the unrushed caring manner of Dr. Iacovino and our staff will help make the visit friendly and informative.)

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