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DENTAL NEWS ARCHIVES 242 |
Today, Older People Keep More TeethDecember 19, 2006
by Nancy Volkers INTELIHEALTH - Older people are keeping more of their teeth than ever before and are more likely to visit the dentist, says a 30-year study. Researchers from Goteborg University in Sweden collected information from 70-year-olds in five different years: 1971, 1976, 1981, 1992 and 2000. Their findings:
Despite these improvements, certain things were consistently associated with poor oral health across all 30 years. They included:
A total of 2,290 people were included in the study. Each year's group varied between 400 and 600 people. The study appears in the December issue of the journal Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. |