What are the prevalence and incidence of tooth loss in the adult and elderly population in Europe?

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages 2-14

  Müller, Frauke ^a,c   Naharro, Manuel ^a   Carlsson, Gunnar E ^b  

^a Section Medecine Dentaire   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Edentulism; Epidemiology; Incidence; Prevalence; Risk factors; Tooth loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDENTULOUSNESS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAW, EDENTULOUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 34250646999     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2007.01459.x     Document Type: Review

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