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Unhealthy diet, tobacco use and alcohol abuse have been cited as the main causes of oral diseases in the country. This has been compounded by the lack of dental insurance products with only 12.8 percent of the population having secured a dental cover.
According to the first dental survey by the Ministry of Health, Kenya National Oral Health Report 2015, the prevalence of dental caries among the adult population stood at 34 percent, the most common being gingival bleeding which was exhibited in over 98 percent of the adult population with 45 percent of them reporting to have abused at least one form of substance.
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