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Factors Related to the Number of Existing Teeth among Korean Adults Aged 55–79 Years

This study aimed to determine the association between the number of existing teeth (NET) and socioeconomic status (SES), oral health-related behaviours, and metabolic syndrome in Korean adults aged 55–79 years. The study included 3255 adults who underwent oral health examinations and answered questi...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jung-Ha, Yi, Seung-Kyoo, Kim, Se-Yeon, Kim, Ji-Soo, Kim, Han-Na, Jeong, Seung-Hwa, Kim, Jin-Bom
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6843127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31623067
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203927
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author Lee, Jung-Ha
Yi, Seung-Kyoo
Kim, Se-Yeon
Kim, Ji-Soo
Kim, Han-Na
Jeong, Seung-Hwa
Kim, Jin-Bom
author_facet Lee, Jung-Ha
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Kim, Se-Yeon
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Kim, Han-Na
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description This study aimed to determine the association between the number of existing teeth (NET) and socioeconomic status (SES), oral health-related behaviours, and metabolic syndrome in Korean adults aged 55–79 years. The study included 3255 adults who underwent oral health examinations and answered questionnaires regarding SES, oral health-related behaviours, and metabolic diseases in the Sixth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2013–2015). The dependent variable was the binary status based on the median NET in each age group. The independent variables were based on SES, oral health-related behaviours, and the presence of metabolic syndrome. The study findings showed that the factors associated with the NET were sex, household income, education level, region of residence, daily toothbrushing frequency, dental visit within 1 year, smoking, and metabolic syndrome. NET was lower in males (adjusted OR: 0.74), in low household income group (adjusted OR: 0.77), in primary school graduates (adjusted OR: 0.53) and in rural residents (adjusted OR: 0.78). The interventions aimed at preserving existing teeth in elderly population should consider their SES, oral health-related behaviours, and metabolic syndrome and overhauling current oral healthcare system and redefining the roles of oral health professionals.
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spelling pubmed-68431272019-11-25 Factors Related to the Number of Existing Teeth among Korean Adults Aged 55–79 Years Lee, Jung-Ha Yi, Seung-Kyoo Kim, Se-Yeon Kim, Ji-Soo Kim, Han-Na Jeong, Seung-Hwa Kim, Jin-Bom Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study aimed to determine the association between the number of existing teeth (NET) and socioeconomic status (SES), oral health-related behaviours, and metabolic syndrome in Korean adults aged 55–79 years. The study included 3255 adults who underwent oral health examinations and answered questionnaires regarding SES, oral health-related behaviours, and metabolic diseases in the Sixth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2013–2015). The dependent variable was the binary status based on the median NET in each age group. The independent variables were based on SES, oral health-related behaviours, and the presence of metabolic syndrome. The study findings showed that the factors associated with the NET were sex, household income, education level, region of residence, daily toothbrushing frequency, dental visit within 1 year, smoking, and metabolic syndrome. NET was lower in males (adjusted OR: 0.74), in low household income group (adjusted OR: 0.77), in primary school graduates (adjusted OR: 0.53) and in rural residents (adjusted OR: 0.78). The interventions aimed at preserving existing teeth in elderly population should consider their SES, oral health-related behaviours, and metabolic syndrome and overhauling current oral healthcare system and redefining the roles of oral health professionals. MDPI 2019-10-16 2019-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6843127/ /pubmed/31623067 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203927 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Factors Related to the Number of Existing Teeth among Korean Adults Aged 55–79 Years
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title_short Factors Related to the Number of Existing Teeth among Korean Adults Aged 55–79 Years
title_sort factors related to the number of existing teeth among korean adults aged 55–79 years
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6843127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31623067
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203927
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