Impact of number of functional teeth on independence of Japanese older adults.
Kenji MaekawaTomoko IkeuchiShoji ShinkaiHirohiko HiranoMasahiro RyuKatsushi TamakiHirofumi YataniTakuo Kubokinull nullAya Kimura-OnoTakeshi KikutaniTakashi SuganumaYasunori AyukawaTomoya GondaToru OgawaMasanori FujisawaShoichi IsigakiYutaka WatanabeAkihiko KitamuraYu TaniguchiYoshinori FujiwaraAyako EdahiroYuki OharaJunichi FuruyaJunko NakajimaKento UmekiKentaro IgarashiYasuhiro HoribeYoshihiro KugimiyaYasuhiko KawaiHideo MatsumuraTetsuo IchikawaShuji OhkawaKazuyoshi BabaPublished in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2022)
The number of functional teeth may be more closely related to the future incidence of loss of independence than the number of present teeth. This novel finding suggests that prosthodontic rehabilitation for tooth loss possibly prevents the future incidence of this life-event. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2022; 22: 1032-1039.