To the elderly people, the body functions and the various organs of the body functions will diminish, and in oral mucosal areas shrink and reduce saliva production, abnormal taste, alveolar bone absorption, teeth shedding some or all of a direct impact on oral Chewing function. No fewer teeth or chewing teeth feature reduced the elderly, many food consumption were restricted, the vulnerable elderly malnutrition. This requires that the elderly in accordance with the oral characteristics of good oral health and scientific attention to diet. Oral commitments in the soft tissue bite force is a major part of collagen fibers. Many elderly people eating, there will be varying degrees of gum tenderness, mostly because of the lack of vitamin caused. The formation of collagen fibers must have vitamin C, if in a serious lack of vitamin C, will cause scurvy, and its main performance is bleeding gums. Although a small amount of vitamin C does not bleeding, but it will affect the organization of collagen formation and repair, so that the region Queya the gingival tissue contraction or inflammation. In addition, due to lack of vitamin C and the weakening of the oral organizations to Cuying food resilience, too great a bite force of will to a certain extent, the soft tissue injury. Is a lack of vitamin B-prone atrophic She Yan, cheilitis. As old age reduced repair capacity, coupled with missing teeth in the process of malnutrition, making oral mucosa and relevant organizations to tension, stress and disease response to extremely sensitive, small mechanical stimulation will have a greater response. In order to reduce the adverse effects caused by Queya, missing teeth elderly people should pay attention to nutrition:
1, should be fresh and easy to digest chewing and nutritious food, potable more broth, dairy products, eggs, fish and soft fruits.
2, should be more food rich in vitamin and mineral food, because the vitamin to the maintenance of tissues and organs of the normal structure and function of a great relationship. Minerals, especially calcium, phosphorus on a greater impact on the bone.
3, should be drinking a certain amount of protein, the elderly daily intake of protein to men 75 grams for women 65 grams suitable. At the request of adequate protein consumption is conducive to oral health support organizations endurance.
4, the Food and Zuoliao add spices to taste some thick, taste and the elderly can stimulate increased appetite, but the elderly do not eat too much salt and sugar. In more than a meal to chew to increase saliva, to increase saliva taste to taste increased appetite.
5, to maintain oral cleansing, to the mouth of miscellaneous little taste, this would increase the sensitivity of taste, will help improve appetite. At the same time the elderly should also be missing teeth to fill teeth, as far as possible, inserts teeth and fitted with dentures, to improve the oral chewing function.