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- Title
Dental health and longevity.
- Authors
FUKAI, Kakuhiro; TAKIGUCHI, Toru; SASAKI, Hidetada
- Abstract
The author reflects on the relationship between life expectancy longevity and dental health. The author cites the study of T. Yoneyama and colleagues which indicates that dental organs influence general health status and diseases in older people. It explores the relation of life expectancy with the tooth number of 65- to 74-year-old individuals. The author believed that in reference to age and sex, the decreased number of teeth indicates shortened life expectancy.
- Subjects
DENTAL care; LIFE expectancy; GERIATRIC dentistry; LONGEVITY
- Publication
Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 2010, Vol 10, Issue 4, p275
- ISSN
1444-1586
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00640.x