Is it natural to eat soft food when I’m in the age of age? This way, exercise oral muscles to prevent old age and disability

It is no longer new knowledge to move your body; but most people often ignore it. If you move your mouth less, what will it cause?

There is a medical term called "disuse syndrome" that describes the inactivity of the body's multiple systems. The cause of the incurable disease is not just the degeneration of bones and muscles. The dental doctor reminds that the first step in waste is often the degeneration of muscles around the oral cavity!

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Huang Mingyu, director of the Taipei City Yangguang Dental Clinic, said that most patients with waste syndrome have insufficient nutrients and social participation. Although the symptoms cover the whole body, "oral care determines our quality of life", including swallowing, speaking, and beauty, especially chewing ability. If the teeth are not good, it will directly affect the intention of eating and communication.

Huang Mingyu often uses his vacation time to go to the countryside for diagnosis, and there is also a "meaning doctor". When he started to promote the home medical treatment many years ago, he went to the home of middle and senior high school students to help with dental care every week, and found that many cases of oral degeneration, which has continuously affected whole body health.

The incidence of periodontal disease increases after the age of 40, and chew more to prevent dementia

"I am 58 this year, and I feel that my teeth are a little furious because my teeth are atrophy and the roots are exposed." Huang Mingyu believes that the condition of the teeth will reveal age. Even if I am a dental doctor, I will face normal aging phenomena such as atrophy.

He observed that the incidence of "periodine disease" will increase in patients after the age of 40. Because periodontal disease is a chronic disease, it is mostly because it did not pay attention to oral clearance in the past, especially the weak muscle function of the eyes or hands of older people, which is difficult to achieve complete clearance.

Huang Mingyu emphasized that "after the age of 50, you must start training muscles related to swallowing and chewing." If the teeth are well-behaved, but the surrounding muscles are not strong enough, such as chewing muscles, elbow muscles, oral muscles, sublingual muscle groups and upper pharyngeal muscles, they will gradually degenerate.

He described, "Just like running a hundred meters or marathons at a young age, there is no problem when you are old, but it can delay the symptoms."

The method of training oral muscles is to "chew more", which involves bones, joints, and sublingual muscle groups. On the other hand, chewing can stimulate the "G cells" of the brain, enhance cognitive function, and further prevent dementia. He said that it is not unreasonable for the Japanese to advocate "chewing 30 times in one bite". In the process, a group of amine is added to make the middle feel full and not to eat too much food.

If you lack a tooth and change the balance, you can get better and have a good tooth mouth.

If you have poor oral care, such as tooth decay or periodontal disease, you must extract the teeth when severe. The most obvious thing is the problem of "missing teeth". Bad bite affects chewing and swallowing. "This is over time. The earlier you pay attention to oral cleansing, you can avoid these problems. It is best not to extract teeth and keep teeth," he said.

Many people think that "there are so many teeth, and 1 or 2 fewer ones is not related." Huang Mingyu pointed out that as long as one tooth is missing, the entire chewing function will be affected. Occlusal is the balance between the two sides. When biting on the single side for a long time, it will affect the cushion period, and the more you lose, causing the teeth to be arranged and move.

He proposed a case to assist in the testimony. Currently, three patients over 100 years old have been admitted. The common point is that there are almost no missing teeth. "The old man has good teeth and good teeth, so he can have a long and healthy condition. Heat starts with the mouth."

You also need to brush your teeth with nasogastric tubes. When the secretion of saliva is insufficient, Huang Mingyu reminds that as the age increases, the salivary gland function will also deteriorate, causing the problem of "dry mouth", which will make bacteria prone to breeding and destroy the teeth and periodontal area.

Many patients have insufficient saliva secretion. He estimated that the main reason was not "aging", but taking a lot of dementia, mental, hypertensive drugs, etc. The side effect is to "inhibition of saliva secretion", causing dry mouth, and the mouth is not constantly moving, which is easy to breed bacteria, causing tooth decay and periodontal disease problems.

Even if the patient uses nasogastric tubes, the oral cavity will still produce a lot of bacteria, which should be cleaned like normal people. Therefore, he reminds the caregiver to let the patient "drink more water" to keep the oral moist, and also help the patient "brush his teeth" instead of wiping with cotton.

Huang Mingyu emphasized that "chewing" is equally important as cleaning! When chewing, the salivary glands can receive messages and stimulate saliva secretion. Because eating sugar-based powder and other foods, it can decompose oral bacteria, produce acidic substances and cause stagnation. Salpid is a good neutralizer, which can inhibit bacteria and relieve the effect of acid.

Oral muscle exercise, practicing pronunciation "ㄆ,ㄊ,ㄎ"

Huang Mingyu analyzed the process of eating, which is the result of the collaboration of various oral organizations. First of all, the lips must be able to close, and when swallowing, the tongue must be topped with the upper part of the tongue. In addition, the softness above the root of the tongue must be able to cover the nasal cavity when swallowing, so that the entire mouth can be closed, that is, the three elements are indispensable: the mouth can be closed, the tongue can be topped, and the softness can be lifted.

He explained that to make the internal muscles of the oral cavity more flexible and active, it can be used for "agility exercises" from Japan, and practice three more voices: ㄆ, ㄊ, ㄎ, and train different parts: "ㄆ" is the lips, "ㄊ" is the tongue, and "ㄎ" is the soft.

In addition, don't think it is natural to eat "soft" or "flow" foods, but it is not conducive to the opportunity for chewing and swallowing. Usually, you need to practice "consciously", such as eating more fruit-based foods with biting, which can maintain the appropriate function of chewing muscles.

When brushing teeth, mastering "light, slow, small arc" to avoid damage to the roots

To maintain teeth and periodontal health, you must also use the "correct" cleaning method.

Huang Mingyu pointed out that the focus of brushing teeth is not the harder the more you try. It is best to use a soft toothbrush, which means "be lighter, slower, and smaller curves.". Many people have atrophy and the exposed roots are bone-like, which are more fragile. Unlike the crown, which is hard tooth enamel. If you brush too hard, it is easy to cause tooth roots to damage.

He suggested that after eating, rinse your mouth or drink water first, then brush your teeth after slurry; do regular oral health checks every six months to complete dental problems, preventing them from being too far from being treated, and it is also the key to maintaining the quality of life in the old age.

Original text: The most overlooked movement! Doctor: after 50 years of age, exercise oral muscles to prevent disability in the elderly