Why do some people lose teeth across their lifespan whereas others retain a functional dentition into very old age?

Gerodontology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-25

  Thorstensson, Helene ^a,b   Johansson, Boo ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR POSTGRADUATE DENTAL EDUCATION   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Oldest old; Oral health; Psychosocial factors; Teeth

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL CARIES; EDENTULOUSNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TWINS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTITIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 77149177028     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2009.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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