| Literature DB >> 7702124 |
R J Hunt1, C W Drake, J D Beck.
Abstract
This study investigated tooth loss in North Carolina adults 65 years of age or older. A random sample of 335 Blacks and 284 Whites participated in dental examinations and interviews at baseline and again after 18 months. Blacks were more likely than Whites to lose at least one tooth (36% vs 19%), and they lost more teeth on average (1.0 vs 0.4). Several oral disease conditions and symptoms were related to tooth loss, but many other hypothesized factors were not. Risk models were inconclusive in the identification of factors related to risk of tooth loss.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7702124 PMCID: PMC1615120 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.85.4.561
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Public Health ISSN: 0090-0036 Impact factor: 9.308