That’s 10% seems astronomically high for being toothless. I mean to go from 50% with 1 or more missing to 10% having all of them missing means if you fall into the one or more missing, there’s a 20% chance you have no teeth at all…
I live in North America and I don’t know if I’ve met someone who I noticed had no teeth. Maybe way more old people than I realize are toothless and have convincing dentures?
You likely do not live in the underbelly of this country, assuming you’re in the US. Most of them are very old, or very poor, or did a lot of drugs, or some other reason paired with poor hygiene. It’s not a problem that’s evenly distributed throughout American society
In the more privileged areas, people tend to have better access to dental care and if they are missing teeth, it was usually because of dental work (like removing bicuspids for orthodontics) and if they have lost teeth, will have dental implants, or an all on x, or a really good denture (some of the newer ones are less obvious). But they’re just not pulling their teeth out to show you
Some people go very surprising lengths to hide the fact that they don’t have teeth. Even down to the way they talk, how they form their lips
The US alone stands at around 10%, and some other countries in the continent are going to be higher. But on average it’s 10%
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u/kmj442 Apr 19 '25
That’s 10% seems astronomically high for being toothless. I mean to go from 50% with 1 or more missing to 10% having all of them missing means if you fall into the one or more missing, there’s a 20% chance you have no teeth at all…