Relationship between oral health and mortality rate.

Background/aims: Some symptoms of diseases or causes of death are often related to oral health, especially cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between poor oral health and mortality risk, especially when cases of fatal cardiovascular diseases were excluded.

Material And Methods: An odontological investigation was made on a sample of 1393 individuals, aged 18-65 years, in 1970 in the County of Stockholm with a follow-up in 1997, when the mortality rate and causes of death in the sample during the time period 1971-1996 were registered.

Influence of smoking on marginal bone loss and tooth loss--a prospective study over 20 years.

Aims: The aim was to investigate the influence of smoking on longitudinal marginal bone loss and tooth loss in a prospective study over 20 years. In addition, the effect of cessation of smoking on bone loss and the interaction between smoking, plaque and marginal bone loss were evaluated.

Material And Methods: A total of 507 dentate individuals from an epidemiological study were examined in 1970 and 1990.

Prediction of marginal bone loss and tooth loss--a prospective study over 20 years.

Aim: The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of potential risk predictors/risk factors on the longitudinal marginal bone loss and tooth loss over 20 years.

Material And Methods: A clinical and radiographic investigation of a sample of 513 individuals was performed in 1970 and 1990. Stepwise multiple regression analyses were adopted to calculate the influence of the potential risk predictors/risk factors on the longitudinal marginal bone loss and tooth loss.

Marginal bone loss and tooth loss in a sample from the County of Stockholm--a longitudinal study over 20 years.

The purpose of the study was to assess the degree of marginal alveolar bone loss and tooth loss in a longitudinal study over a period of 20 years. In 1970 a medical and odontological study on a stratified sample of the population of the County of Stockholm aged 18-65 years started. Twenty years later a new odontological investigation was performed on the 513 subjects who wanted to take part once more and who had at least five remaining teeth.

Relationship between oral health and mortality in cardiovascular diseases.

Background, Aims: The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between periodontal health and fatal cardiovascular diseases (CVD).

Methods: The investigation was conducted on a sample of 1393 individuals in the County of Stockholm. The subjects were examined in an epidemiological study in 1970 with respect to dental health.