The Impact of Edentulism on Oral and General Health

An adequate dentition is of importance for well-being and life quality. Despite advances in preventive dentistry, edentulism is still a major public health problem worldwide. In this narrative review, we provide a perspective on the pathways that link oral to general health. A better understanding o...

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Autores principales: Emami, Elham, de Souza, Raphael Freitas, Kabawat, Marla, Feine, Jocelyne S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3664508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23737789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/498305
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description An adequate dentition is of importance for well-being and life quality. Despite advances in preventive dentistry, edentulism is still a major public health problem worldwide. In this narrative review, we provide a perspective on the pathways that link oral to general health. A better understanding of disease indicators is necessary for establishing a solid strategy through an organized oral health care system to prevent and treat this morbid chronic condition.
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spelling pubmed-36645082013-06-04 The Impact of Edentulism on Oral and General Health Emami, Elham de Souza, Raphael Freitas Kabawat, Marla Feine, Jocelyne S. Int J Dent Review Article An adequate dentition is of importance for well-being and life quality. Despite advances in preventive dentistry, edentulism is still a major public health problem worldwide. In this narrative review, we provide a perspective on the pathways that link oral to general health. A better understanding of disease indicators is necessary for establishing a solid strategy through an organized oral health care system to prevent and treat this morbid chronic condition. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3664508/ /pubmed/23737789 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/498305 Text en Copyright © 2013 Elham Emami et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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