{"id":132,"date":"2021-08-09T10:22:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T10:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishdentistry.org.uk\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2021-08-09T10:22:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T10:22:28","slug":"dental-conditions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.britishdentistry.org.uk\/dental-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Dental conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are a wide range of dental problems, some of which are more serious than others. These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Abscess<\/li><li>Bruxism<\/li><li>Cleft palate<\/li><li>Dental phobia<\/li><li>Dry mouth syndrome<\/li><li>Gum disease<\/li><li>Gummy smile<\/li><li>Halitosis<\/li><li>Impacted wisdom teeth<\/li><li>Oral cancer<\/li><li>Root canal problems<\/li><li>Sensitive Teeth<\/li><li>Sleep apnoea<\/li><li>Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJD)<\/li><li>Tooth decay<\/li><li>Trench mouth<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Conditions such as tooth decay and gum disease are extremely common and affect a large number of the UK population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 50% of adults have tooth decay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 50% to 80% of children under 16 have tooth decay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gum disease is equally problematic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than half of UK adults have some form of gum disease, e.g. gingivitis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is less of a problem for children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gum disease is one of the major causes of tooth loss. This occurs in people who have the more serious version or &#8216;periodontitis&#8217; which affects deeper structures within the teeth, e.g. periodontal ligament. This causes pockets to form between the teeth and gums which loosen the teeth, resulting in eventual loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more in the gum disease section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of these conditions are preventable. They are often the result of poor dental hygiene and\/or a high sugar diet which damages the teeth, resulting in disease and decay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a wide range of dental problems, some of which are more serious than others. These include:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishdentistry.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishdentistry.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishdentistry.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishdentistry.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishdentistry.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishdentistry.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishdentistry.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishdentistry.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}