Social Impact of Dental Caries on Adult Patients in Bungoma County, Kenya
Caren Malong’o Sumba,
Donald Apollo Kokonya,
Bernard Wesonga
et al.
Abstract:Dental caries manifests itself through the existence of a hole in the hard tissue of teeth, and it has a brown or black colour. Untreated dental caries causes a lot of challenges such as toothache and eventually tooth loss resulting in swelling, inability to eat or swallow, inability to open jaw or talk, difficulty in breathing and low self-esteem as a result of the bad breath from cavity. The outcome of the social effect of dental caries is the inability to pronounce or talk, inability to chew, sleep disrupti… Show more
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