Functional dentition and edentulism associated with mortality: A cohort study of older adults in Southern Brazil.

Cinthia Fonseca Araujo Helena Silveira Schuch Mariana Gonzales Cademartori Renata Moraes Bielemann Andréa Damaso Bertoldi Elaine Tomasi Maria Cristina González Flavio Fernando Demarco

Published in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology (2023)

With the findings of this study, we did not identify an association between edentulism and functional dentition with mortality, after considering important shared risk factors.

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risk factors
physical activity
cardiovascular events
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes