Association Between Tooth Loss and Cancer Mortality in Elderly Individuals

Ansai, Toshihiro; Takata, Yutaka

doi:10.5772/35259

Oral Health Care - Prosthodontics, Periodontology, Biology, Research and Systemic Conditions 2012

DOI: 10.5772/35259

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Association Between Tooth Loss and Cancer Mortality in Elderly Individuals

Toshihiro Ansai¹,

Yutaka Takata²

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Association between Number of Teeth and Chronic Systemic Diseases: A Cohort Study Followed for 13 Years

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BackgroundThere is growing evidence of an association between oral health, specifically dental status, and chronic systemic diseases. However, varying measures of dental status across different populations and low study sample has made comparison of studies and conclusion of findings unclear. Our aim is to examine whether the number of teeth as a measure of dental status is associated with incident chronic diseases in a cohort setting.MethodsWe conducted a cohort study among 24,313 middle-aged Germans followed up for 13 years. Data on number of teeth as a measure of dental status were obtained through self-reports. Outcomes were clinically–verified incident non–fatal myocardial infarction, stroke, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cancer. Hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were obtained from Cox regression models.ResultsIncreasing number of teeth is inversely related to risk of myocardial infarction (HR: 0.97; 95% CI: 0.96, 0.99). The full multivariate model of teeth groups showed a strong linear trend for myocardial infarction, a less strong trend for stroke, and no relation with type 2 diabetes mellitus and cancer in a competing risk model. Participants with 18–23 teeth and those without teeth were at 76% (95%CI: 1.04, 3) and 2.93 times (95%CI: 1.61, 5.18) higher risk of myocardial infarction compared to those with nearly all teeth (28–32 teeth).ConclusionsNumber of teeth is specifically associated with myocardial infarction and not with other chronic disease indicating that dental status further strengthens the link between oral health and cardiovascular diseases.

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Association Between Tooth Loss and Cancer Mortality in Elderly Individuals

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Association between Number of Teeth and Chronic Systemic Diseases: A Cohort Study Followed for 13 Years

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