Journal article
Salivary flow and risk of tooth loss in an elderly population
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology, Vol.24(1), pp.68-71
02/1996
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00816.x
PMID: 8833518
Abstract
To investigate the relationship between salivary flow and tooth loss, 818 randomly selected dentate people aged 65 and older and living in North Carolina were administered a dental health interview and examination. A single paraffin-stimulated whole saliva sample of 3 ml was collected and flow rate was calculated. Three years later, 490 people were re-examined and tooth loss was determined. Thirty-five percent of the participants had salivary flow rates of 1.0 ml/min or less at baseline and 41% lost at least one tooth over the 3-yr follow-up. A logistic regression model controlling for marital status, race, and socioeconomic status showed that those with low salivary flow were more likely to lose at least one tooth during the 3-yr study period than were those with normal flow (odds ratio = 1.52, 95% CI = 1.02-2.24). Results from this representative study of community-dwelling older adults support the concept that compromised salivary flow is related to tooth loss. This finding should be considered in the management and prevention of oral diseases.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Salivary flow and risk of tooth loss in an elderly population
- Creators
- D J Caplan - Department of Dental Ecology, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USAR J Hunt
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Community dentistry and oral epidemiology, Vol.24(1), pp.68-71
- Publisher
- Denmark
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00816.x
- PMID
- 8833518
- ISSN
- 0301-5661
- eISSN
- 1600-0528
- Grant note
- ST32 DE 07191 / OHS HRSA HHS R01 DE 08060 / NIDCR NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/1996
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry
- Record Identifier
- 9983917656002771
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