Dental Health

Have you been back? Are you fearful of what will be found? Are you balancing the risk of ongoing dental problems with the embarrassment you may feel when your dentist finds out how poorly you’ve managed your dental hygiene during the pandemic? If you’re fearful and concerned about sitting back…

It may sound like a broken record, but there’s ample evidence to support the conclusion: the healthier your teeth and gums, the better for your body and brain. Which makes a recent survey all the more worrisome: Even before the pandemic, ⅓ of all adults under 65 had not had…

For some of us, this past year has given us a pass on visiting one of our more dreaded health care providers: the dentist. But it turns out that, like other aspects of your health and well-being, the attention paid to your oral care rewards you not only with fewer…

So, have you headed back to your dentist yet? Has pain or vanity propelled you to return to your dental provider despite possible COVID risks? Although the World Health Organization recommends that routine dental visits continue to be postponed (except in cases of emergency) until transmission rates drop, many of…

As we’ve noted in previous agebuzz posts, many of us have not gone to a doctor or dentist during the pandemic unless we’ve had an emergency or been sick with the coronavirus. Most primary care providers have not even been open for office visits and for most patients, utilizing telemedicine…

As an agebuzz reader, you probably know how important dental health is to the broader goal of healthy aging. It’s clear that good dental hygiene is critical to your immune system, something we’re all concerned about these days. And of course, there’s nothing more nagging or irritating than dental pain…