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- Title
Amount and type of alcohol consumption and missing teeth among community-dwelling older adults: findings from the Copenhagen Oral Health Senior study.
- Authors
Heegaard, Karen; Avlund, Kirsten; Holm-Pedersen, Poul; Hvidtfeldt, Ulla A.; Bardow, Allan; Grønbæk, Morten
- Abstract
Objectives: To study if an association between total weekly intake of alcohol, type-specific weekly alcohol intake, alcoholic beverage preference, and the number of teeth among older people exists. Methods: A cross-sectional study including a total of 783 community-dwelling men and women aged 65-95 years who were interviewed about alcohol drinking habits and underwent a clinical oral and dental examination. Multiple regression analyses were applied for studying the association between total weekly alcohol consumption, beverage-specific alcohol consumption, beverage preference (defined as the highest intake of one beverage type compared with two other types), and the number of remaining teeth (≤20 versus >20 remaining teeth). Results: The odds ratio (OR) of having a low number of teeth decreased with the total intake of alcohol in women, with ORs for a low number of teeth of 0.40 [95 percent confidence interval (CI) 0.22-0.76] in women drinking 1-14 drinks per week and 0.34 (95 percent CI 0.16-0.74) in women with an intake of more than 14 drinks per week compared with abstainers. Similar relations could also be obtained for type-specific alcohol intake of wine and for wine and spirits preference among women. Men who preferred beer showed a decreased risk for a low number of teeth compared with men with other alcohol preferences. Conclusion: In this study, alcohol consumption, wine drinking, and wine and spirits preference among women were associated with a higher number of teeth compared with abstainers. Among men, those who preferred beer also had a higher number of teeth.
- Subjects
EUROPE; ALCOHOL &; older people; ALCOHOL drinking risk factors; GERIATRIC dentistry; TOOTH loss; DENTITION; CLINICAL epidemiology
- Publication
Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 2011, Vol 71, Issue 4, p318
- ISSN
0022-4006
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1752-7325.2011.00276.x