page_title: Methamphetamine
section_title: "Meth Mouth"
hierarchical_section_title: Methamphetamine / Effects / Adverse effects / "Meth Mouth"
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a case of suspected meth mouth. This patient, who will remain anonymous, was treated at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center: College of Dentistry in Memphis, Tennessee. Source: Photo taken by Dozenist
context_page_description: Methamphetamine is a man-made stimulant drug. Many people use it illegally, but it is occasionally used legally by prescription to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder or obesity as "Desoxyn".
  Methamphetamine has two isomers, "left-handed" and "right-handed". Left-handed methamphetamine helps fight stuffy nose and is legal. Right-handed methamphetamine makes people feel high and is mostly illegal. This page is mostly about the right-handed form.
  Methamphetamine is very addictive. This means that when people start taking the drug, they will want to keep taking more, even if it is making them sick.
  Methamphetamine can be in powder or crystal form, and can be snorted, smoked, injected, or eaten. In its smoked form, methamphetamine is known as "ice," "crystal," "crank," "batu," "barang," "cerita," or "glass".
context_section_description: "Meth Mouth" is a term used to describe destroyed teeth in people that use methamphetamine. Meth mouth can happen very quickly. A new addict can go from having healthy teeth to losing all of their teeth in as little as one year. The decay (rotting teeth) is not caused by methamphetamine itself, but by meth users not brushing their teeth, having a lot of sugary drinks, and having dry mouth.
  Life expectancy
  The life expectancy of a meth addict is 5-10 years.
caption: A suspected case of meth mouth
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