Vitamin C is an antioxidant that is essential in protecting the body from oxidative stress and it prevents scurvy, a malnutrition disease that can affect bone formation, the gums, and in advanced stages make you lose your teeth.
Vitamin C is important for wound-healing and prevention of bleeding from capillaries. Absence of Vitamin C in the diet can leave the body with open, pus-ridden wounds, complete loss of teeth, fragile bones, painful joints, and eventually death.