Historically, New Zealand has had the highest rates of edentulism in the world, but that rate has been falling quickly in recent decades. In 1997, projections were made for edentulism prevalence among 65-74-year-olds using national survey data from 1976 (where it was 72.3%) to 1988 (58.6%). That process assumed a logistic decline in edentulism, given that it would never have been 100% and will ...

This study aimed to identify factors associated with edentulism and spatial risk of tooth loss in the elderly. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a random sample (n = 372) of individuals 60 years and older in Botucatu, São Paulo State, Southeast Brazil, in 2005. Crude and adjusted prevalence ratios were estimated by Poisson regression with robust variance. Spatial analysis was performe...

BACKGROUND Despite advances in preventive dentistry, edentulism is a major public health issues worldwide. Edentulism is an enervating and unrepairable condition and is described as the "final marker of disease burden for oral health." The objectives of the present study are to determine the relationship between socio-demographic variables and partial edentulism, and to evaluate the prevalence ...

This study aimed was to test the association between quality of life and edentulism among elderly individuals in a city in southeastern Brazil. This cross-sectional study was carried out with 163 individuals aged 60 years or older, functionally independent and non-institutionalized. Data were collected with a questionnaire and oral examination. The edentulism was the dependent variable. The ind...

Complete edentulism is a common problem in many countries and can be a serious disability. It concerns about one-fifth of the adult world population, in some countries reaching 50% at the age of 50. The decline in the prevalence of edentulism is offset by the increase of the elderly population. This leads to an increasing demand for implant-based treatments by the potential population of the 15...

Loss of teeth has a negative impact on patients oral health and mental well being.While treating patient with partial edentulism the restorative dentist should not ignore concern thereby planned treatment modality best suit patient.In this clinical report edentulism(Keneddy class II mod 2) was rehabilitated cast denture over acrylic other fixed dental as it considered to be most viable option.

BACKGROUND Edentulism affects the quality of life and general health of an individual. But in ageing individuals, it has been observed to have greater impact, manifesting in functional, psychological and social limitations. With an increasing older adult population in Ghana, its burden is likely to increase. This study was thus carried out to explore the association between edentulism and quali...

objectives: tooth loss appears to have an important role in the loss of mastication and esthetics. the aim of this systematic review was to investigate the prevalence of tooth loss and edentulism in the iranian population. methods: studies reviewed in this article were primarily identified via search of the online bibliographic databases including pubmed and iranian biomedical journals, by usin...

We used National Performance Evaluation Survey data to estimate the prevalence and associated factors of edentulism among noninstitutionalized adults aged 35 years and older in Mexico. Statistically, the variables positively associated with edentulism were older age (odds ratio [OR]=1.08) and female gender (OR=1.79). Nonsmoking status (OR=0.70) and having a higher wealth index score (OR=0.72) w...

BACKGROUND Edentulism (loss of all teeth) is a final marker of disease burden for oral health common among older adults and poorer populations. Yet most evidence is from high-income countries. Oral health has many of the same social and behavioural risk factors as other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which are increasing rapidly in low- and middle-income countries with ageing populations. The...