Problem
Missing teeth
Nature:
Tooth loss is a process in which one or more teeth come loose and fall out. Tooth loss is normal for deciduous teeth (baby teeth), when they are replaced by a person's adult teeth. Otherwise, losing teeth is undesirable and is the result of injury or disease, such as dental avulsion, tooth decay, and gum disease. The condition of being toothless or missing one or more teeth is called edentulism. Tooth loss has been shown to causally reduce overall health and wellbeing as it increases the probability of depression.
Broader Problems:
Abnormalities of tooth development and eruption Aggravates:
Anomalies of the jaw Values:
Missing Subject(s):
Medicine → Teeth, mouth??Society → Disadvantaged??
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
G: Very specific problems Date of last update
20.04.2000 – 00:00 CEST