Causes of Dental caries
Causes of Dental caries (Diseases Database):
The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Dental caries
that are listed by the Diseases Database:
Source: Diseases Database
Dental caries Causes: Book Excerpts
Dental caries as a complication of other conditions:
Other conditions that might have
Dental caries as a complication may,
potentially, be an underlying cause of Dental caries.
Our database lists the following as having
Dental caries as a complication of that condition:
Dental caries as a symptom:
Conditions listing Dental caries
as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Dental caries.
Our database lists the following as having
Dental caries as a symptom of that condition:
- Acrofacial dysostosis Catania form
- Alopecia, anosmia, deafness, hypogonadism syndrome
- Ankylosis of teeth
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Aplasia of lacrimal and salivary glands
- Benjamin syndrome
- Calvarial doughnut lesions - bone fragility
- Chromosome 6p deletion syndrome
- Cockayne syndrome
- Cockayne syndrome type 1
- Corneodermatoosseous syndrome
- Cote-Katsantoni syndrome
- Crystal meth addiction
- Diffuse systemic sclerosi
- Dubowitz Syndrome
- Dubreuil-Chambardel syndrome
- Dyskeratosis Congenita
- Ectodermal dysplasia - neurosensory deafness
- EEC syndrome
- Epidermolysa bullosa simplex and limb girdle muscular dystrophy
- Epidermolysis bullosa inversa dystrophica
- Epidermolysis bullosa, generalized atrophic benign
- Flynn-Aird syndrome
- Hypophosphatemic rickets
- Incontinentia Pigmenti
- Juvenile Paget disease
- Lobstein disease
- Mikaelian syndrome
- Mohr syndrome
- Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome
- Night blindness - skeletal anomalies - unusual facies
- Oculo tricho dysplasia
- OFD syndrome type 8
- OFD syndrome type Figuera
- OFD syndrome type IX
- Oral facial digital syndrome
- Oral facial digital syndrome, type IV
- Orofaciodigital syndrome Thurston type
- Orofaciodigital syndrome type 10
- Orofaciodigital syndrome, type 3
- Osteogenesis imperfecta Type I
- Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 1A
- Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 4
- Osteopetrosis, autosomal recessive 2
- Pachyonychia congenital syndrome
- Pachyonychia congenital syndrome type II
- Paget disease juvenile type
- Pollitt syndrome
- Radioulnar synostosis mental retardation hypotonia
- Renal rickets
- Rickets
- Say-Barber-Miller syndrome
- Schaefer-Stein-Oshman syndrome
- Selenium poisoning
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Sugarman syndrome
- Tooth Demineralization
- Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 1
- Trichorrhexis nodosa syndrome
- Trichothiodystrophy, type C
- Trichothiodystrophy-neurocutaneous Syndrome
- Trichothiodystrophy-neurotrichocutaneous Syndrome of Pollitt
- Varadi Papp syndrome
- Whelan syndrome
What causes Dental caries?
Article excerpts about the
causes of Dental caries:
Tooth decay is caused by
bacteria that normally live in the mouth. The bacteria cling to
teeth and form a sticky, colorless film called dental plaque. The
bacteria in plaque live on sugars and produce decay causing acids
that dissolve minerals on tooth surfaces. Tooth decay can also
develop on the exposed roots of the teeth if you have gum disease or
receding gums (where gums pull away from the teeth, exposing the
roots). (Source: excerpt from Taking Care of Your Teeth and Mouth - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)
Medical news summaries relating to Dental caries:
The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Dental caries:
Related information on causes of Dental caries:
As with all medical conditions,
there may be many causal factors.
Further relevant information on causes of Dental caries may be found in:
Causes of Dental caries: Online Medical Books
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Toothache:
Differential Diagnosis
(In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
-
Pulp pain (pulpalgia) secondary to dental caries
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Traumatic tooth injury (e.g., tooth fracture, restoration fracture, avulsion)
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Traumatic occlusion
–Secondary to a new restoration or bruxing
–Galvanic “shock” due to contact by two dissimilar metals (e.g., gold crown with amalgam filling)
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Periradicular or periapical pain due to infection of the tooth root or abscess formation
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Referred pain from a tooth in the opposing arch
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Sinusitis
–Maxillary sinusitis is the most common extraoral source of tooth pain
–All or most teeth in the upper arch may become sensitive secondary to sinusitis
Headache
Temporomandibular joint pain (TMJ)
Trigeminal neuralgia
Barodontalgia from high altitudes
“Dental migraine”
–Associated with patients with depression
Salivary gland disorders (e.g., Sjögren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus)
Otitis media and/or mastoiditis
Angina pectoris
Dry socket (osteitis)
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Source: In a Page: Signs and Symptoms, 2004
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