Video Tips: How to Help a Person Living with Dementia Brush Their Teeth

Dental care, immensely important to a person’s overall health, becomes more and more challenging for care partners as the person’s dementia progresses.

They are likely to react negatively to common oral care procedures while simultaneously experiencing changes in motor skills and sensation.

Learn the best techniques for “tricking the brain” to help a person with dementia brush his or her own teeth from renowned dementia care and education specialist Teepa Snow in this video.