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Tooth loss: Introduction

Tooth loss: The loss of a tooth. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Tooth loss is available below.

Disease Topics Related To Tooth loss

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• Alveolar rigde
• Toothless
• Maximum intercuspation
• Verticaldimension of occlusion
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Medical Textbooks Online about Tooth loss

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Tooth loss?

• Misdiagnosis of Tooth loss
• Failure to diagnose Tooth loss
• Hidden causes of Tooth loss (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Tooth loss

Tooth loss: Research Doctors & Specialists

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• Face / Facial / Oral Health Specialists:
  • Oral Pathology
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Facial Plastic Surgery
• Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists:
  • Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat)
  • Pediatric Otolaryngology (Child Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist)
  • Otology / Neurotology (Ear/Hearing Specialists)
  • Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck
• Dental Health Specialists:
  • General Dentistry
  • Pediatric Dentistry (Child Dental)
  • Public Health Dentistry
  • Endodontics
  • Oral Pathology (Mouth Specialist)
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (Mouth / Facial Surgery)
  • Periodontics
  • Prosthodontics (Dental Prosthetics)
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Tooth loss

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• Dental Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
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• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Causes of Tooth loss

• Hypophosphatasia
• Dental caries
• Histiocytosis X
• Acatalasia
• Hyperostosis corticalis deformans juvenilis
• more causes...»

See full list of 9 causes of Tooth loss

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More information about causes of Tooth loss:

• Tooth loss as a complication caused by other conditions
• Tooth loss as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Tooth loss

News Archives for Tooth loss

Medical news articles related to Tooth loss include:

• Researcher Finds Link Between Pregnancy and Tooth Loss
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Tooth loss

Medical research articles related to Tooth loss include:

• Tooth loss and subsequent disability and mortality in old age
• Full-mouth disinfection for the treatment of adult chronic periodontitis
• Occlusal interventions for periodontitis in adults
• Periodontal disease and coronary heart disease incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Risk of aggressive periodontitis in adolescent carriers of the JP2 clone of Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans in Morocco: a prospective longitudinal cohort study.
• Randomized controlled trial of calcium supplementation in healthy, nonosteoporotic, older men
• Menopause and hormone therapy (HT): collaborative decision-making and management.
• Associations between tooth loss and mortality patterns in the Glasgow Alumni Cohort.
• more research...»

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Videos for Tooth loss

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Clinical Trials for Tooth loss

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Tooth loss include:

• REPI : a Randomized Open Label Trial Evaluating the Use of APC in Pre-Implantation Reconstruction of Maxilla - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• "Clinical Trials to Enhance Elders' Oral Health" ("TEETH") - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Chlorhexidine rinse
• Biological Specifications for Denture Designs - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Clinical Performance of Extended All-Ceramic Fixed Partial Dentures Based on Zircon-Oxide Ceramics. - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

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Tooth loss: Broader Related Topics

• Dental conditions
• more types...»

Types of Tooth loss

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Definitions of Tooth loss:

The failure to retain teeth as a result of disease or injury. - (Source - Diseases Database)

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