5 great reasons for seniors to try yoga

Seniior man at dentist

Yoga could improve your dental health

Here’s a surprising way that yoga benefits your health: By reducing stress and tension, yoga can actually improve dental health! Stress and depression contribute to jaw issues like teeth grinding and jaw clenching, which erode teeth. It’s also harder to stay on top of dental care like brushing and flossing when feeling depressed. By fighting depression, yoga helps seniors maintain a healthy, trouble-free mouth as they age. While yoga does aid oral health, if you do have one of the above-mentioned symptoms, you should still find a dentist in your area to treat it.

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