1. Oral diseases on oral health.
(1) toothache caused by oral disease or tooth loss, resulting in masticatory function of the affected food; (2) pain caused by oral disease, resulting in unilateral chewing habit, a long time will cause asymmetric facial growth; (3) loss of deciduous teeth caused early phase gap at the lack of adjacent teeth shift, resulting in occlusion disorders, together form a permanent fault. Deciduous caries if not treated, can cause permanent stunting; (4) result in loss of masticatory function of edentulous normal physiological stimuli, affected the normal development of the jaw, can cause varying severity of maxillofacial deformities; ( 5) The poor oral health status and disease can cause bad breath; (6) oral cancer can be a direct threat to human life, can cause oral cancer patients often face serious damage.
2. Oral disease on systemic health.
Oral diseases will pose a threat to general health, causing and exacerbating many systemic diseases.
(1) heart disease. Oral diseases and toxins produced by pathogens can invade the blood, weight, or cause subacute infective endocarditis, coronary heart disease. (2) respiratory diseases. Oral disease and for various reasons related to aspiration pneumonia stronger. (3) diabetes. Numerous studies show that diabetes and periodontal disease share common risk factors, and each other risk factors. In the diabetic population, high incidence of periodontal disease, serious injury and disease progress more quickly. (4) gastrointestinal disease. Gastrointestinal ulcers caused by H. pylori, but there are a lot of oral H. pylori, drugs are easy to clear the stomach of Helicobacter pylori, and Helicobacter pylori in dental plaque is difficult to remove, a bacterial library. (5) and cerebrovascular disease. It is reported that 25% of stroke patients have oral infection. (6) on maternal and fetal effects. The current studies have shown that periodontal disease is the cause of low birth weight a risk factor. (7) affect growth and development. Reduce chewing function, causing a partial eclipse and loss of appetite, leading to reduced gastrointestinal absorption, the body of malnutrition, growth and development are affected.
3. Oral diseases on social and economic impact.
Six common oral diseases in the student ranked second, is the serious impact on school attendance, student body and quality of the important reasons, but also affect adult normal work and life an important factor. Oral diseases affect the quality of life is also reflected in increased economic burden on the high treatment costs on families and the country’s economic impact is enormous.