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Edentulousness in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Author(s) -
Clarkson John J.,
O'Mullane Dennis M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1983.tb01901.x
Subject(s) - medicine , kingdom , dentistry , family medicine , paleontology , biology
— Surveys of adult (16 yr and over) dental health were conducted in England/Wales and Scotland (n=5967) and in Ireland (n=1764) and Northern Ireland (n=1176) in 1979. From the results of these surveys a comparison is made between levels of edentulousness, attendance patterns, attitude to loss of teeth and the wearing of full dentures. Scotland had the highest level of edentulousness (39%) and Ireland the lowest (26%). England/Wales had a level of 29% and Northern Ireland 33 %. The percentage edentulous increased considerably with age and females had a higher level of edentulousness than males. Regular attendance at the dentist was lowest in Ireland and in all countries there was a greater preference for filling rather than extraction of teeth. Levels of edentulousness do not appear to be directly related to any of the parameters investigated.