Relationship between nutritional status and tooth loss in an older population from Sri Lanka

Gerodontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Perera, R ^a   Ekanayake, L ^b  

^a Dental Institute   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

body mass index; nutritional status; older individuals; tooth loss

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SRI LANKA; TOOTH BRUSHING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; DENTURES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERWEIGHT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SRI LANKA; THINNESS; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTES;

EID: 84861616046     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2011.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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