Prevalence of edentulousness and related factors among elderly Finns

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 827-835

  Haikola, B ^a,b   Oikarinen, K ^b,c   Soderholm A L ^d   Remes Lyly, T ^e   Sipila K ^b,c  

^a University of Oulu ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Health Centre of Kirkkonummi   (Finland)

Author keywords

Edentulousness; Elderly; Finnish; Oral health; Tooth loss

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; EDENTULOUSNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 54049118795     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.2008.01873.x     Document Type: Article

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