Open AccessTrends of Edentulism Among Middle-Aged and Older Asian Americans
Author(s) -
Bei Wu,
Jersey Liang,
Lawrence R. Landerman,
Brenda L. Plassman
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2012.301190
Subject(s) - edentulism , medicine , odds , tooth loss , demography , oral health , odds ratio , gerontology , logistic regression , dentistry , pathology , sociology
We estimated national trends of the prevalence of edentulism (complete tooth loss) for Asian American subgroups in the United States and investigated factors that could contribute to improvements in edentulism across populations over time.