subject: Caring For The Gums, Teeth And Jawline [print this page] Dental disease will affect nearly every human being to some degree during a lifetime. Dental caries, or tooth decay, and periodontal disease, gingivitis, or gum disease, and periodontitis, or pyonrhea are both bacterial infections which can devastate the natural teeth, gums, or jawbone.
It is the damaging bacteria working inside a susceptible host and obtaining nutrition that make up the elements that pave the way for such diseases to occur. The disease will not materialize if one of the three won't be present. While there is a very simple formula behind the growth of dental diseases, the things that influence the extent and severity of such problems is dictated upon by several factors. It can be said that race and ethnicity are two of these problems.
The NIH reported that 1 percent of children 12 to 23 months of age had cavities. In children from 2 to 9 years, 62 percent were found to be free from cavities in their primary dentition, while 55 percent of children ages 5 to 17 had no cavities in their permanent, or adult teeth. There did not appear to be a difference in cavity experience of 2 to 9 year old boys versus girls, but a slightly less cavity problem was found in blacks than in whites. Less cavity problems are present at this age among Mexican Americans as compared to non Hispanic whites and non Hispanic white people.
With no substantial difference between genders, it has been evident that permanent teeth of 5 to 17 year old children were found to possess no cavities at all, 55 percent of the time. When this age's subgroups were further looked into, blacks were found to be somewhat less prone to tooth cavities and decay, next would be the Mexican Americans who were just somewhat more prone to tooth decay, while cavity development in the white people went to around that of the average of the group as an entire set.
A close look would reveal that the adult population tended to have different trends for cavities and fillings in terms of race and ethnic groups when compared to that of the adolescent and child groups. Even as there were very few differences between the genders, there were significant differences in the subgroups that were studied. It was found that both the Mexican Americans and black non Hispanic people had about half of the non Hispanic white people's experiences in cavity and dental filling.
On the whole, Mexican Americans had fewer cavities, and were more likely to have more than either non Hispanic blacks or whites. The older a person becomes, the more his root surface under the teeth becomes exposed to the oral environment around it. This is related to a combination of disease processes and other factors.
It was found that cavities were present in each individual's single or two teeth, without ties to race or or ethnicity of the person. The decline of tooth loss being evident in the last several decades was all thanks to modern dental science and of course practice. Around 30 percent of the people who responded to the study had all of their teeth while around 90 percent of these people had at least a tooth and this was applicable for those beyond the age of 18.
The six lower front teeth tended to survive the longest. However, 10 percent of the population had lost all their teeth. When it came to the molars, the first and second ones were frequently missing while the upper jaw lost more teeth than the lower jaw, usually. Generally speaking, Mexican Americans came in the lowest in terms of tooth loss and black non Hispanics came in highest.
It was also important to note that over 90 percent of those examined went into the minor troubles with gum loss or loss of bone support to the teeth whereas forty percent of them had a moderate loss of dentition support. It has been determined that 15 percent of them had already suffered from severe destruction of the bone which supports the teeth of people. The effect extends more to men rather than women when it comes to both severity and frequency. On the large scale, non Hispanic whites exhibited better periodontal health compared to the state of dental health in most non Hispanic black individuals.
This comprehensive survey shows that the dental health residents of America varies among ethnic groups and race has readily improved in just decades. It is a fact that despite these improvements, dental problems are still a major health trouble but there are still the friendly dentists ready to provide enough dental care.
