Dentistry for Seniors

Our senior years should be our most enjoyable years – and proper dental care can help this come true for you.

Sterling VA dentist, dentistry for seniors

We are now living longer and should expect to keep our smiles for a lifetime. Your lifetime commitment to eating a balanced diet and maintaining proper dental care influences the health and enjoyment of your later years. However, it’s never too late to improve your dental health, comfort and appearance.

In addition to needing general dental care, our senior patients often are faced with problems that challenge their dental health in their retirement years. Fortunately, these problems are preventable or correctable!

Seniors who live alone or as "empty nesters" often prepare convenience foods high in starches and empty carbohydrates. Over 400 prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications cause xerostomia (dry mouth). - a combination that promotes rampant and difficult to treat root decay. Drs. Callahan are cognisant of the specials dental needs of our seniors and look forward to working together in preventing problems that are more common with our senior patients before they occur.

Difficulty chewing dramatically reduces the ability to maintain healthy teeth, gums, and the enjoyment of a special night out at one’s favorite restaurant.

Removable appliances not only look natural, but provide a more youthful appearance by restoring support of facial tissues lost when teeth are extracted.

Implants can restore the joy of eating apples and steak, without the discomfort and embarrassment of loose or poor fitting dentures and partials.

Developing the right treatment for you requires teamwork between you, us, and the dental laboratory. We have established relationships with only the best laboratories - some relationships lasting as long as our 20+ year existence in CountrySide, preventing miscommunication and unwanted surprises.

Call our Sterling dentist office to learn more about dentistry for seniors and your special needs. Call for an appointment today!