Stress cause loss/breaking of teeth?

I know someone who went through a very stressful situation- he couldn't eat and lost 30 pounds and then some of his teeth just broke off and fell out. Is the tooth loss from the stress itself, or from a nutrient/vitamin deficiency when he wasn't eating like he used to?

Stress cause loss/breaking of teeth?
Meth could definiately lead to some of those symptoms, but it could also be other things.


A lot of people when they get stressed out will grind their teeth; sometime they do it during their sleep and never realize they are doing it. A vitamin deficiency wouldn't likely cause teeth to fracture, but if there was a deficiency when the person way growing up and their teeth developed insufficiently then it may present in that way later on.


As for fluoride- there is an important concept to understand. Fluoride intake (swallowing) in no way strengthens teeth once they are done forming (age 18); topical application of fluoride can help to prevent and sometimes even reverse dental decay.


Either way, a dentist could help in this situation- your friend might need a night guard to sleep in, to protect his teeth from any more damage.
Reply:was he on meth?
Reply:Without a doubt they are intimately linked proper nutrition and dental health. Before focusing on fancy dental health products that are supposedly the new space-aged cure-all for dental health and oral hygiene concerns, it is important to get the basics right. This may be considered to be alternative dental health care by some dentists and medical professionals who tend to focus most education efforts on good oral hygiene practices. However, nutrition is the foundation of dental health and oral hygiene is the complement. It is important to focus on fluoride intake. Almost all dental health information released in the past 3 generations points to the importance of fluoride in the prevention of the most common dental problems-cavities.
Reply:Could be a little of both. If someone grinds their teeth when they are stressed, that will crack them. And of course, vitamin deficiencies will cause teeth to become weak, too. Has he consulted a dentist?
Reply:Hard to say. It was deficiency of some sort. What a shame for him.
Reply:I can not see any link with stress and teeth, unless he was biting to hard without realising it, and so his teeth were biten out, but vitamic c defiency would affect his teeth.


He would get probably get scurvy and feel very ill before his teeth started to fall out though, so i can not be certain as to the reasoning behind this, sorry!
Reply:Stress can do many things to your body, breakouts, painful muscles and joints, hair loss, and even brittle teeth and bones. It could also have been from lack of vitamins and calcium too. It was probably both.
Reply:Stress can definately cause a person to grind their teeth at night (something people do with out knowing it) and the added grinding can cause the teeth to become more fractured and eventually break. your friend needs to go in and see a dentist to evaluate whether or not he needs a night guard and have his broken teeth crowned.
Reply:Anything that causes "dry mouth" damages teeth. Teeth are constantly de- and re-mineralizing - meaning tooth required nutrients are always coming and going.





The nutrients come from the saliva. Without salivia,nutrients will leave the tooth making it weaker and therefore allowing them to break.





So nutrition is important - yes. But no to fluoride. It's not essential for healthy teeth. It isn't a nutrient. And people in poor health are more apt to suffer from fluoride's toxic side effects.



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