In the elderly is a high-risk population for oral cancer, clinical statistics, and 75 percent of oral cancer in the age group above 60 years of age to check out its main incentive is wearing unsuitable dentures.
Life in common and some elderly people less than a regular hospital set wear dentures, but to save money, save casual wear dentures, the goal is not to affect the normal meal. In fact, if wearing poor dentures or poorly fitting dentures will be oral, long-term friction, lead to oral ulcers, if it is repeated unhealed dental instruments oral ulcers are prone to cancer, and ultimately the development of oral cancer.
Therefore, long-term wear dentures older people to pay attention to whether the abnormal mouth such as mouth ulcers over two weeks to heal, accompanied by burning sensation, pain and other symptoms; the color of the oral mucosa into the white, brown or black; mouth swollen material and the faster growth rate, accompanied by pain, bleeding and so may be early symptoms of oral cancer.
In addition, the possibility of smoking and alcohol can also cause oral cancer, smoking more than one pack / day or drinking more than 25 g / day, the risk of oral cancer is How the effect of dental implant much higher than non-smokers or non-drinkers, so the elderly have quit drinking, dentures, under the organization of pain, inflammation and timely medical treatment and good oral hygiene habits and regular brushing.
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