Keeping Your Teeth Forever: The later-life dental game plan

Maeve Sutton

Most people expect their teeth to wear out like an old pair of shoes, but that is not how it has to go. This is the plan for keeping them: why gum health matters more than whitening ever will, what changes in saliva and bone do quietly with age, how to work with a dentist instead of just showing up twice a year, and the daily habits that make the difference decades from now. Practical, encouraging, and built for the long haul.