Lifestyle Issues
Apart from the obvious dental health issues like oral cancer and gum disease, as we get older changes in our lifestyle, diet, physical health, financial situation and routine can play a part in contributing to dental health problems.
This section covers some of the less obvious risk factors to poor dental health and suggests ways to combat them. Whether it’s for yourself or for someone else (a partner, a parent or a friend), keeping these issues in mind will help you to tackle dental health problems from a number of different angles. The solution won’t always involve a trip to the dentist and there are a lot of things that you can do (often at no or low cost) to give your mouth the best chance of a healthy retirement.
In this section you will find information on:
