ORAL HEALTH DISEASE: CAUSES, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
- The WHO Global Oral Health Status Report (2022) estimated that oral diseases affect close to 3.5 billion people worldwide, with 3 out of 4 people affected living in middle-income countries. What is oral disease and how is it caused?
- Globally, an estimated 2 billion people and 514 million children suffer from tooth decay. What informs these figures as opposed to other oral health diseases?
- Periodontal disease accounts for 19% of the global adult population, representing more than 1 billion cases worldwide. What can be done to lower this prevalence?
- An estimated 7% among people aged 20 years and a 23% estimate in people aged 60 years and above suffer from total tooth loss (edentulism). What can people do to take good care of teeth to avoid such occurrences?
- Oral cancer ranks as the 13thmost common cancer worldwide with over 377,713 (three hundred seventy-seven thousand seven hundred thirteen) cases and 177,757 (one hundred seventy-seven thousand seven hundred fifty-seven) deaths as of 2020. This disease is also more deadly in men compared to women. Why is this so? And how can it be best prevented?
