Patterns of tooth loss in older adults with and without dementia: A retrospective study based on a Minnesota cohort

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2300-2307

  Chen, Xi ^a   Shuman, Stephen K ^a   Hodges, James S ^b   Gatewood, Laël C ^b   Xu, Jia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; older adults; tooth loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DENTAL CLINIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 78650125165     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03192.x     Document Type: Article

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