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Do you know [Oral Frail]?
Last updated on May 23, 2022.
There is a growing concern about "oral frail" in which people wear masks and lose their ability to chew and swallow, such as the loss of muscles around the mouth due to the spread of COVID-19 infection.
Hirohiko Hirano, Director of Dental Oral Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center, a leading expert in oral frail, will introduce the importance of oral frail and how to check and prevent oral function. Living with care for your oral health on a daily basis leads to the prevention of "oral flail". Let's live a healthy and affluent life by maintaining the function of the mouth where you can enjoy meals forever through "early detection and early prevention".
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