Exploring the Importance of Dental & Vision Health
Discover compelling facts about dental and vision health and why caring for both is key to your overall well-being.
Fascinating Facts About Oral Health:
Discover PlansOne in five adults between the ages of 20 and 64 has at least one untreated cavity.1
Children with dental cavities experienced an average of 5 more school absences per year.2
Tooth disorders account for an annual average of 1,944,000 emergency department visits.3
Dental checkups can detect oral cancer early.4
183 million productivity hours are lost yearly due to oral pain or unplanned dental visits.5
Gum disease has been linked to cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer's Disease.6
Having a dental check-up at least yearly allows for early detection of gum disease, as well as treatment.7
It is estimated that oral diseases affect nearly 3.7 billion people.8
Eye-Opening Facts About Vision Health:
A comprehensive eye exam can detect health problems including diabetes, high blood pressure, multiple sclerosis, thyroid disease and even brain tumors.9
Over half of all childhood blindness in the U.S. is due to treatable causes.10
11 million Americans over age 12 need vision correction.11
80% of global visual impairment is considered preventable or treatable using existing interventions such as cataract surgery and corrective lenses.12
Facts and Statistics Sources
- 1Impact of Poor Oral Health on Children's School Attendance and Performance (2011)
- 2 Goulart MA, Sherriff A, Conway DI, McMahon AD. Poor child oral health and school absences: a population-wide data linkage study. J Epidemiol Community Health. Published online July 7, 2025. doi:10.1136/jech-2025-223754
- 3Schappert SM, Santo L. Emergency department visits for tooth disorders: United States, 2020-2022. NCHS Data Brief. 2025 Jun;(531):1-11. DOI:
- 4National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Oral Cancer (2020)
- 5CareQuest Institute of Oral Health, The Hour of Need: Productivity Time Lost Due to Urgent Oral Health Needs (2023)
- 6American Academy of Periodontology, Gum Disease and Other Diseases
- 7American Academy of Periodontology., Gum Disease Information (2023)
- 8World Health Organization, Oral Health (2025)
- 9American Academy of Ophthalmology, 20 Surprising Health Problems an Eye Exam Can Catch (2024)
- 10American Academy of Ophthalmology, New Research Shows Half of Childhood Blindness in the US is Preventable (2022)
- 11Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Why Eye Exams Are Important (2024)
- 12Vision Center, Blindness Statistics (2025)
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