Thanks to wonderful advances in technology and healthcare, our population is aging well. People experiences longer lifespans and more active lifestyles than ever before. This has led to an increasing trend in the need for middle-aged people to care for their elderly parents. As the aging process begins to affect mental and/or physical abilities of […]
There are two reasons aging is important to oral health: 1) the population of elderly people in America is growing rapidly, and 2) more and more of those people are keeping their natural teeth! Research projects that by the year 2030, twenty percent of the U.S. population will be over the age of 65. This […]
