Hi All,
Not sure how many get the Living with Dementia magazine, but there was an article on Coping With Oral Neglect. Brilliant helpful article and reminder. Just as a follow up, I'm not sure, but think dad has some discomfort with his mouth / teeth at the moment, it is just so hard to tell exactly what is wrong. They have a dentist that visits the home so will chase it up, but I wondered if any of you had and practical experience of someone with dementia having tooth ache and how treatement progressed.
Dad had a filling a few years ago and he was fine BUT as his dementia has progressed I'm just not sure how he or the dentist will cope. Obviously this is something we will discuss, but just wondered if any of you could part with advice.
By the way, you can view the article via the site at:
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents.php?categoryID=200241
It is in the Feb 2008 copy.
Thanks
Craig
Not sure how many get the Living with Dementia magazine, but there was an article on Coping With Oral Neglect. Brilliant helpful article and reminder. Just as a follow up, I'm not sure, but think dad has some discomfort with his mouth / teeth at the moment, it is just so hard to tell exactly what is wrong. They have a dentist that visits the home so will chase it up, but I wondered if any of you had and practical experience of someone with dementia having tooth ache and how treatement progressed.
Dad had a filling a few years ago and he was fine BUT as his dementia has progressed I'm just not sure how he or the dentist will cope. Obviously this is something we will discuss, but just wondered if any of you could part with advice.
By the way, you can view the article via the site at:
http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents.php?categoryID=200241
It is in the Feb 2008 copy.
Thanks
Craig