Impact of depressive symptoms on prosthetic status--results of the study of health in Pomerania (SHIP).

Objectives: Previous investigations have confirmed that every fifth dental patient suffers from clinically significant depressive symptoms. However, the putative impact of depressive symptoms on the prosthetic status has not been addressed in these studies. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between depressive symptoms and prosthetic status based on data from the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP-0).

Missing, unreplaced teeth and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.

Background: A dentition of at least 20 teeth is associated with sufficient masticatory efficiency and is a stated health goal of the World Health Organisation. We examined whether subjects with missing, unreplaced teeth had an increased mortality risk.

Methods: We used data prospectively collected from those participants in the population-based Study of Health in Pomerania who had fewer than 20 remaining teeth, resulting in a sample of 1803 participants with a median age of 64 years.

The association of tooth loss with all-cause and circulatory mortality. Is there a benefit of replaced teeth? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

We systematically reviewed whether the number of teeth is related to all-cause or circulatory mortality and whether replaced teeth are protective against all-cause or circulatory mortality. The search was based on the PubMed database. All cohort studies published in peer-reviewed journals were selected.

Gender-dependent associations between socioeconomic status and tooth loss in working age people in the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP), Germany.

Objectives: Individual impact and the effect magnitude of socioeconomic key indicators (income, education and occupation) and of gender on oral health are ambiguous. In primary analyses of cross-sectional data among participants of the Study of Health in Pomerania (north-east Germany), women with low school education and low income were at highest risk for missing teeth, whereas being single was a risk indicator for missing teeth in men. Using the 5-year follow-up of this study, we aimed at verifying these findings and at investigating the gender-dependent impact of key socioeconomic indicators on tooth loss.

Edentulism as part of the general health problems of elderly adults.

Though the prevalence of edentulism has decreased over the last decades, there will be a relevant proportion of edentulous individuals in the ageing societies worldwide. The impact of edentulism on daily oral function and social interactions has significant plausibility and has been described using multiple dimensions. However, evidence of general health associated with complete tooth loss is limited.

Socioeconomic indicators and prosthetic replacement of missing teeth in a working-age population--results of the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP).

Objectives: To analyse the possible effects of the socioeconomic status (SES) on the prosthetic replacement of missing teeth in working-age people and to explore the role of potential confounders.

Methods: Cross-sectional data were collected from 2310 German adults aged 30-59 years. The relationship between each of the three SES indicators (education, income, and occupational status) and dental prostheses were examined by multinomial logistic regression analyses.

Risk indicators for missing teeth in working-age Pomeranians--an evaluation of high-risk populations.

Objective: The goal of this study was to examine whether psychosocial conditions for general health described in the public health literature are also reflected in tooth loss.

Methods: The relation of psychosocial factors to missing teeth was evaluated among 2,501 individuals aged 25 to 59 years from the population-based cross-sectional Study of Health in Pomerania using logistic regression analyses. The case group included 15 percent of participants of each 5-year age group with the highest number of missing teeth.

Videoendoscopic, speech and hearing in cleft palate children after levator-palatopharyngeus surgery according to Kriens.

Introduction: The importance of the soft palate is greater than its dimension. Velopharyngeal muscles have diverse functions. The goal of this study was to clarify the efficacy of levator-palatopharyngeus surgery according to Kriens.