Background: The pattern of partial edentulism has been studied in different countries in various selected populations by correlating between several parameters and the influencing factors such as socioeconomic status, educational status, age, and gender. Education is an important factor associated with the awareness of dental disease and its treatment needs. Aim: The present survey was conducte...

Total edentulism is the loss of all teeth for any cause by a multifactorial process that involves biological and patient-related factors. Studies on risk factors in Mexico are limited, epidemiological surveillance data scarce controversial since official governmental reports not statistically representative country. We estimate distribution according to sociodemographic socioeconomic variables ...

Conceptual models suggest that certain microorganisms (e.g., the "red" complex) are indicative of a specific disease state (e.g., periodontitis); however, recent studies have questioned the validity of these models. Here, the abundances of 500+ microbial species were determined in 16 patients with clinical signs of one of the following oral conditions: periodontitis, established caries, edentul...

Abstract Evidence on the association between oral health and mortality is inconclusive, few studies have accounted for non-random selection bias in estimating their relationship. The present study aims to investigate link community-dwelling older adults by adjusting confounding factors with a doubly robust survival estimation. Data came from third National Health Nutrition Examination Survey (N...

The aging and the elderly are highly associated with limitation or dependency, with some loss of capacities and the gain of conditions or age-associated pathologies. Despite advances in preventive dentistry, edentulism and oral diseases are major public health issues in Portugal, mainly among the elderly. This study investigated the oral status and level of oral rehabilitation among Portuguese ...

To determine the prevalence of edentulism in adults aged 18 years and older in Mexico and to describe its distribution in 20 of the 32 States in Mexico, highlighting the experience in the WHO age groups. A secondary analysis of the National Performance Evaluation Survey 2002-2003 (representative at the state level and part of the Word Health Survey) was undertaken. The sample design was probabi...

BACKGROUND Edentulism and sleep disturbance are chronic conditions that are common in older people and have serious adverse consequences for their functioning and quality of life. Edentulism can disturb sleep through the alteration of the craniofacial structure and surrounding soft tissue. However, the effect of prosthetic rehabilitation of edentulism on sleep quality is still not well understo...