Salivary flow and risk of tooth loss in an elderly population

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-71

  Caplan, Daniel J ^a   Hunt, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epidemiology; North Carolina; Saliva; Statistics; Tooth extraction; Tooth loss

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOUTH DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SECRETION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; XEROSTOMIA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MOUTH DISEASES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SECRETORY RATE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH LOSS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0030073097     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00816.x     Document Type: Article

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