PSA: For Those with Elderly Parents or Parental Figures

[la_peregrina]

It surprised me that my aunt had not complained of mouth pain long before, since she is losing four teeth now as a result of not going to the dentist for five years.  After doing a little research, I found that a lessening of the perception of pain is part of the workings of dementia, whether by Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, or any other of the

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[tashabear]

Thank goodness we won't have to deal with that with my dad; he had all his teeth pulled in his 40's, as they were awful to begin with. I can just imagine having to have them pulled now. Bad enough he asks who I am and where his parents are, when they've been gone for 20+ years; I can just imagine him asking "What happened to my teeth?" over and over (and OVER and OVER). (Note that I find that as funny as I do sad.)