In 1968, the very first Adult Dental Survey in England and Wales found, what now, seems to be a somewhat remarkable statistic – over a third of adults had none of their natural teeth. Considering where we are today in terms of our oral health as a nation, it is quite unthinkable.
Thankfully, since then a transformation has taken place across the UK in terms of how we choose to look after our teeth. Tooth loss in adults still remains, but not nearly to the same extent. Today, only six per cent of adults in England and Wales are edentate, but new stem cell research could make any amount of tooth loss a thing of the past.
Read the full post on Dr Nigel Carter’s Blog.
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