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Causes of Tooth decay

This section discusses 82 medical conditions causing Tooth decay. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Tooth decay:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Tooth decay. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Causes of Tooth decay listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Tooth decay as a symptom include:

- (Source - Diseases Database)

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Tooth decay:

The following list of conditions have 'Tooth decay' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Acrofacial dysostosis Catania form ... dental caries
  • Alopecia, anosmia, deafness, hypogonadism syndrome ... dental caries
  • Amelogenesis Imperfecta ... fragile teeth
  • Ankylosis of teeth ... dental caries
  • Anorexia Nervosa ... tooth decay
  • Aortic supravalvular stenosis ... cavities
  • Aplasia of lacrimal and salivary glands ... tooth decay

    B

  • Benjamin syndrome ... dental caries
  • Bulimia nervosa ... teeth cavities

    C

  • Calvarial doughnut lesions - bone fragility ... tooth decay
  • Chemical poisoning - Radium ... fragile teeth
  • Chromosome 6p deletion syndrome ... dental caries
  • Cockayne syndrome ... dental caries
  • Cockayne syndrome type 1 ... dental caries
  • Corneodermatoosseous syndrome ... dental caries
  • Cote-Katsantoni syndrome ... dental caries
  • Crystal meth addiction ... tooth decay

    D

  • Diffuse systemic sclerosi ... dental caries
  • Dubowitz Syndrome ... dental caries
  • Dubreuil-Chambardel syndrome ... tooth decay
  • Dyskeratosis Congenita ... dental caries

    E

  • Ectodermal dysplasia - neurosensory deafness ... dental caries
  • EEC syndrome ... dental caries
  • Epidermolysa bullosa simplex and limb girdle muscular dystrophy ... tooth decay
  • Epidermolysis bullosa inversa dystrophica ... dental caries
  • Epidermolysis bullosa, generalized atrophic benign ... tooth decay

    F

  • Flynn-Aird syndrome ... dental caries

    H

  • Hypophosphatemic rickets ... dental caries

    I

  • Incontinentia Pigmenti ... tooth decay

    J

  • Juvenile Paget disease ... dental caries

    L

  • Lobstein disease ... tooth decay

    M

  • Mikaelian syndrome ... dental caries
  • Mohr syndrome ... dental caries

    N

  • Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome ... dental caries
  • Night blindness - skeletal anomalies - unusual facies ... tooth decay

    O

  • Oculo tricho dysplasia ... dental caries
  • OFD syndrome type 8 ... dental caries
  • OFD syndrome type Figuera ... dental caries
  • OFD syndrome type IX ... dental caries
  • Oral facial digital syndrome ... dental caries
  • Oral facial digital syndrome, type IV ... dental caries
  • Orofaciodigital syndrome Thurston type ... dental caries
  • Orofaciodigital syndrome type 10 ... dental caries
  • Orofaciodigital syndrome, type 3 ... dental caries
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta ... fragile teeth
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta Type I ... dental caries
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 1A ... dental caries
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 4 ... dental caries
  • Osteopetrosis, autosomal recessive 2 ... dental caries

    P

  • Pachyonychia congenital syndrome ... dental caries
  • Pachyonychia congenital syndrome type II ... dental caries
  • Paget disease juvenile type ... dental caries
  • Pollitt syndrome ... dental caries

    R

  • Radioulnar synostosis mental retardation hypotonia ... dental caries
  • Renal rickets ... dental caries
  • Rickets ... tooth decay

    S

  • Say-Barber-Miller syndrome ... dental caries
  • Schaefer-Stein-Oshman syndrome ... tooth decay
  • Selenium poisoning ... tooth decay
  • Sjogren's Syndrome ... dental caries
  • Sugarman syndrome ... dental caries

    T

  • Tooth Demineralization ... dental caries
  • Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 1 ... dental caries
  • Trichorrhexis nodosa syndrome ... dental caries
  • Trichothiodystrophy, type C ... dental caries
  • Trichothiodystrophy-neurocutaneous Syndrome ... dental caries
  • Trichothiodystrophy-neurotrichocutaneous Syndrome of Pollitt ... dental caries

    V

  • Varadi Papp syndrome ... dental caries

    W

  • Whelan syndrome ... dental caries

    Conditions listing medical complications: Tooth decay:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Tooth decay' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    C

  • Cyclic vomiting syndrome ... Tooth decay

    L

  • Lacrimoauriculodentodigital syndrome ... dental caries
  • LADD Syndrome ... dental caries

    S

  • Sjogren's Syndrome ... tooth decay, cavities

    T

  • Tooth Abrasion ... tooth decay

    More Information About Tooth decay

    List of 82 causes of Tooth decay

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Tooth decay in our database from various sources.

    Medical Textbooks about Tooth decay

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Tooth decay. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Tooth decay (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    Medical Books Excerpts
    • TOOTHACHE
    • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
    • TOOTHACHE
    • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
     

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