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Smoking habits and tooth loss in Swedish women
Author(s) -
Ahlqwist Margareta,
Bengtsson Calle,
Hollender Lars,
Lapidus Leif,
Österberg Tor
Publication year - 1989
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.1600-0528.1989.tb00009.x
Subject(s) - medicine , marital status , tooth loss , dentistry , univariate analysis , demography , longitudinal study , population , oral health , multivariate analysis , environmental health , pathology , sociology
A longitudinal population study of 1462 women, aged 38–60, was started in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1968–69. In univariate analysis of the results from 1968–69, smokers were found to have a significantly lower number of remaining teeth than non‐smokers had. The differences between smokers and non‐smokers with respect to edentulousness and number of remaining teeth was further accentuated 12 yr later. The mean number of teeth lost during the 12‐yr follow‐up period was 3.5 among smokers and 2.1 among non‐smokers, i.e. 67% higher among smokers than among non‐smokers. The associations were independent of age, education, socio‐economic group, marital status, frequency of toothbrushing, and frequency of visits to a dentist. It is concluded that smoking seems to play an important role as far as tooth loss is concerned