Incredibly, cavities or gum disease conducive to feeding problems in people over 50 years, leading to diseases such as obesity and malnutrition.
Dental mortality in adults (ie, loss of natural teeth by caries) undermines the ability to chew, which leads to malnutrition and overweight in people over 50 years.
Studies indicate that due to the average decay of teeth in adults over 50 years is 19, a figure which does not meet the recommendation of the World Health.
For good masticatory function WHO believes that we must maintain, for at least 20 natural teeth of the 28 or 32 with which they have, including the third molars or wisdom teeth.
Tooth loss from caries or periodontal disease causes the sufferer in a deficiency, disability and handicap, according to a model of international classification of functioning and shortcomings of the WHO.
Losing a tooth is a deficiency (organic here) that ultimately becomes a disability when it prevents chewing food properly and can also become a disability that triggers social isolation: some people no longer live or go to parties because they feel embarrassed to talk and prefer to eat alone because they have to grind or chop their food and / or remove dentures to feed.
By studying the diet of subjects with masticatory deficiency on tooth mortality, it was found that, regardless of economic level, there is a smaller variety of foods that contain mainly protein, therefore stop eating meat and food replaced Raw by soft, many of which are rich in carbohydrates or do not meet the nutritional content of an adequate diet.
If we consider that life expectancy has increased considerably in recent years and no one wants to suffer a deterioration in their quality of life, it is essential to prevent tooth mortality in adults.
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