The lack of awareness of dental protection for the elderly was widely found
in the clinic. They regard denture as a trouble and quiet contented with the
basic function of eating,wishing nothing more. According to the investigation
report:"90% more have different degrees of tooth loss in the elderly, while only
30% of them had artificial tooth ". In this regard, more attention should be
given for us all. Shanghai Dental industry is developing rapidly.
There are several harmful effects of anodontia:
1 Masticatory function may be damaged or lost.Under normal circumstances, the
taken food will chew by teeth gradually to promote gastro-intestinal fluid
secretion, helps digestion and promotes gastrointestinal peristalsis, the whole
process accelerates the absorption of nutrients. However the loosing of teeth
damages the first step of the chain, then the chewing efficiency decrease or
loss along side and ultimately affecting the absorption of nutrients, in severe
cases, diseases of the digestive system may occur.
2 It affects the appearance as surface occupies an important position in the
beauty.Facial shape of beauty and harmony are to some extent maintained by a
complete dentition.Even if a short cutting angle of anterior teeth will impact
surface, to say nothing of the completely loss of teeth.
3 It affects the phonatory function. Languages are formed by the mouth, while
teeth are the subsidiary organs for pronunciation.Men can not talking, singing
accurately without teeth.Teeth ,tongue, lips and cheek muscles work together to
control the routes and volume of airflow, thereby producing different sounds.
There might be little impact on pronunciation with individual back-teeth
missing, nevertheless the pronunciation will be greatly affected with more teeth
lose especially the lose of front teeth as the tongue lose its original function
of positioning signs and air flows without effectively control.
4 Interaction with other teeth.The masticatory force that teeth can bear is
somewhat limited The masticatory force will spontaneously centralized on the
remaining teeth with the lose of individual teeth which is beyond its
limit,resulting in periodontal diseases such as traumatic edema of the
periodontal ligament and gingival atrophy.What is more, having no false teeth is
likely to lead to the adjacent teeth tilt and shift.
As state above, for our own health, it was strongly recommend that we should
pay more attention to our tooth whatever the causes of anodontia and regardless
of how many we loose them. This will help restore integrity of the dentition and
function as well as maintain the remaining teeth, alveolar bone, guarantee the
health of oral tissue.
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