Beware of menopause, which makes teeth age early

Teeth grow in the maxilla and mandible, and the bone around the teeth is called alveolar bone. As a result, the bone around the teeth shrank, the gums on the surface also shrank, and the roots of the teeth gradually exposed. After the age of 45, women should see a dentist once a year and have their teeth cleaned, so that women can keep their teeth stable when they enter the old age, and healthy teeth can serve them for life.

After the age of 36, the calcium in the bones of women began to lose gradually. Calcium in the bones of premenopausal women decreases at a rate of 1% every year. After menopause, especially in the first 5 years after menopause, the loss of calcium in bone reaches about 10%. The direct consequence of calcium loss in bone is osteoporosis and bone tissue atrophy.

Teeth grow in the maxilla and mandible, and the bone around the teeth is called alveolar bone. Before and after menopause in women, with the loss of calcium in bone, alveolar bone appears loose and atrophic. As a result, the bone around the teeth shrank, the gums on the surface also shrank, and the roots of the teeth gradually exposed.

Teeth will feel pain when they encounter cold, hot, sour and sweet. Exposed roots are also prone to dental caries, so women are particularly prone to oral and dental diseases before and after menopause.

Menopausal women have reduced saliva secretion, weakened oral self-cleaning effect, and are also prone to oral mucosal diseases, such as oral mucosal dryness, recurrent mucosal ulcers, and oral lichen planus. In addition, menopausal women have endocrine disorders, which also easily cause oral mucosal sensory abnormalities. Burning sensation of tongue mucosa or aggravation of gingivitis may occur.

Women around menopause should pay special attention to oral hygiene. Brush your teeth in the morning and evening every day, do “tapping” exercise and massage your gums before going to bed and after waking up in the morning, which can slow down the absorption of alveolar bone, even promote the regeneration of alveolar bone and prevent gingival atrophy.

After the age of 45, women should see a dentist once a year and have their teeth cleaned, so that women can keep their teeth stable when they enter the old age, and healthy teeth can serve them for life.