Missing, unreplaced teeth and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality

A dentition of at least 20 teeth is associated with sufficient masticatory efficiency and is a stated health goal of the World Health Organisation. We examined whether subjects with missing, unreplaced teeth had an increased mortality risk. We used data prospectively collected from those participant...

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Published in:	International journal of cardiology Vol. 167; no. 4; pp. 1430 - 1437
Main Authors:	Schwahn, Christian, Polzer, Ines, Haring, Robin, Dörr, Marcus, Wallaschofski, Henri, Kocher, Thomas, Mundt, Torsten, Holtfreter, Birte, Samietz, Stefanie, Völzke, Henry, Biffar, Reiner
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 20.08.2013 Elsevier
Subjects:	Aged Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiovascular Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality Cause of death Cohort Studies Dental prosthesis Facial bones, jaws, teeth, parodontium: diseases, semeiology Fatal outcome Female Follow-Up Studies Germany - epidemiology Heart Humans Longitudinal Studies Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Non tumoral diseases Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology Population Surveillance - methods Prospective Studies Risk Factors Survival Rate - trends Tooth loss Tooth Loss - diagnosis Tooth Loss - mortality Germany Tooth loss Prospective studies Dental prosthesis Cause of death Fatal outcome Prognosis Stomatology Prosthesis Mortality Dental disease Cardiovascular disease Risk Epidemiology Fatal course Prospective Bucco-dental health Cause Risk factor Evolution Death Tooth Cardiology Causality Public health
ISSN:	0167-5273, 1874-1754, 1874-1754
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