With an increasing number of missing teeth, your mortality rate also rises. The researchers found that toothless people had a 30 percent higher risk of death, in comparison to those with 20 plus teeth.
A recent study published in the journal of Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology also showed that maintaining healthy teeth appears to promote survival in older adults.
The study found that those people with 20 teeth or more at the age of 70 had a higher chance of living longer than those people having less than 20 teeth.
Apart from longevity, oral health indicators have been linked to several general health problems like heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, dementia and problems during pregnancy