Tooth loss more than the healthy?

In a Swedish study was tooth loss in mentally handicapped patients over a period of 8.5 years. The average was 1.8 teeth. As expected, lost patients with poor cooperation comparatively more teeth. Patients with severe impairment interestingly showed a lower incidence of caries, with the incidence of caries in posterior area generally was higher than in the front teeth. Most teeth in the front teeth are lost through periodontitis. As a conclusion can be ascertained that the most common cause of tooth loss in people with disabilities is generally periodontitis (57%). Caries, which leads to the extraction, only occurs with a frequency of about 37% These results show clearly the urgency of additionalprofessional tooth cleaning in this patient group out.