Research has proved that more than one woman among every four post-menopausal women experience loss of teeth within a period of five years. The study was conducted on about a thousand post-menopausal ladies and it indicated that within a period of five years, one among a group of four ladies is likely to suffer from missing tooth problem.

The risk of missing teeth increases considerably up to 90% especially if other risk factors like smoking and diseases like diabetes are included. The study based in America revealed that 293post-menopausal women among a group of 1021 ladies experienced missing teeth over the five year period of the research.

Subsequent studies pertinent to the topic associates coupled the tendency for menopausal women to loss of teeth to the fact that at their age there are various factors that affect dental health like estrogen deficiency and the loose of bone structure. Therefore the impact of menopause goes a long way to explain the logic behind the finding of the research. It explains why most women lose their teeth as opposed to men despite the fact that women have better dental health than men.

The publication made in the Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology counts among the findings of the few studies done on oral health analysis for post-menopausal ladies. It is therefore vital for creating awareness for the group at risk.

According to Dr Carter, tooth loss is a situation that can occur to anyone at different ages, but the research is meant to be informative to targeted group at risk to help them be more cautious. The research also reveals that the increase of risk factors for instance diabetes, poor oral health and smoking also contributes highly in increasing the risk probability.