Association between presence of 20 or more natural teeth and all-cause, cancer-related, and cardiovascular disease-related mortality: Yamagata (Takahata) prospective observational study

Association between presence of 20 or more natural teeth and all-cause, cancer-related, and cardiovascular disease-related mortality: Yamagata (Takahata) prospective observational study

Abstract Background Several studies have surveyed the relationship between the presence of ≥ 20 natural teeth and mortality. However, very few have evaluated this association over a long-term follow-up of more than ten years within a large population in Japan. This study aimed to prospectively confi...

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Main Authors: Shigeo Ishikawa, Tsuneo Konta, Shinji Susa, Kenichi Ishizawa, Hitoshi Togashi, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Hidetoshi Yamashita, Takamasa Kayama, Mitsuyoshi Iino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Oral Health
Subjects:
Tooth loss
Mortality
Prospective study
Observational study
Proportional-hazards model
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-020-01346-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-020-01346-6

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