{"id":41361,"date":"2025-09-03T08:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/?p=41361"},"modified":"2025-09-03T09:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T23:01:15","slug":"teens-who-lose-teeth-to-decay-and-injury-nearly-twice-as-likely-to-be-bullied-study-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/teens-who-lose-teeth-to-decay-and-injury-nearly-twice-as-likely-to-be-bullied-study-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Teens who lose teeth to decay and injury nearly twice as likely to be bullied, study reveals\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying.jpg\" alt=\"teens with missing teeth bullying\" class=\"wp-image-41362 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying-632x420.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying-696x463.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying.jpg\" alt=\"teens with missing teeth bullying\" class=\"wp-image-41362 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying-632x420.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bitemagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bullying-696x463.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: kaifec 123rf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Adolescents who lose teeth due to decay or trauma are 42 per cent more likely to be bullied, according to new collaborative research from the University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their study\u2014published in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dss.gov.au\/long-term-research\/growing-australia-longitudinal-study-australian-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JDR Clinical &amp; Translational Research<\/a><\/em>\u2014the researchers analysed data from 4400 children by\u00a0following their health outcomes from childhood (eight- to nine-year-olds) to adolescence (14- to 15-year-olds).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTooth loss isn\u2019t only a dental issue; it\u2019s a social one too. For teenagers, it can have significant psychological impacts at a crucial time in their development,\u201d senior author A\/Prof Ankur Singh said.<\/p><div class=\"bitem-article-desktop-720x300-in-text\" id=\"bitem-1440341187\"><!-- Bite 720x300 [async] -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (!window.AdButler){(function(){var s = document.createElement(\"script\"); s.async = true; s.type = \"text\/javascript\";s.src = 'https:\/\/servedby.engagemedia.com.au\/app.js';var n = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n);}());}<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\nvar AdButler = AdButler || {}; AdButler.ads = AdButler.ads || [];\r\nvar abkw = window.abkw || '';\r\nvar plc705185 = window.plc705185 || 0;\r\ndocument.write('<'+'div id=\"placement_705185_'+plc705185+'\"><\\\/'+'div>');\r\nAdButler.ads.push({handler: function(opt){ AdButler.register(165450, 705185, [720,300], 'placement_705185_'+opt.place, opt); }, opt: { place: plc705185++, keywords: abkw, domain: 'servedby.engagemedia.com.au', click:'CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER' }});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 10 per cent of children in Australia have lost teeth through decay or injury, with children from lower socio-economic backgrounds as well as rural or remote areas the most likely to have experienced tooth loss.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPoor oral health impacts nutrition, sleep, self-confidence and overall wellbeing, as well as being linked to heart disease and high blood pressure,&#8221; Professor Singh said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe government needs to invest in prevention programs and improve equitable access to dental care, especially in rural and remote areas and in low-income communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent research suggests that bullying is widespread, with&nbsp;70 per cent of children&nbsp;aged 12-13 experiencing at least one incident of bullying a year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within Australia, 28 per cent of year eight students (aged 12 to 13) said they were bullied every month, with eight per cent saying they were bullied every week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe hope that this study will raise awareness about the link between oral health, bullying and young people\u2019s overall wellbeing,\u201d first author Yuxi Li added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adolescents who lose teeth due to decay or trauma are 42 per cent more likely to be bullied, according to new collaborative research from the University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne. 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