常有老年患者抱怨,早上起床后嘴里苦苦的,平时出气也有股臭味,检查又并未发现什么问题。仔细询问,发现这些老人有个共同处:牙齿掉光,免去了早晚刷牙这一关键步骤。老人即使牙齿已完全脱落,也应用牙刷刷洗牙龈、牙槽,这对预防疾病十分重要。老人吞咽反射和咳嗽反射功能都有所下降,口腔中的异物易被误吸进呼吸道中,引起 Often elderly patients complain that their mouths hard to get up in the morning, usually have a stinking odor, check and did not find any problems. Carefully asked and found that the elderly have a common thread: the loss of teeth, eliminating the need for toothbrush this key step sooner or later. Even if the elderly teeth have been completely off, but also the use of toothbrush brush gums, alveoli, which is very important to prevent disease. The elderly swallowing reflex and cough reflex functions have declined, foreign body in the mouth easily be aspirated into the respiratory tract, causing