Functional dentition and edentulism associated with mortality: A cohort study of older adults in Southern Brazil.
Cinthia Fonseca AraujoHelena Silveira SchuchMariana Gonzales CademartoriRenata Moraes BielemannAndrea Dâmaso BertoldiElaine TomasiMaria Cristina GonzálezFlavio Fernando DemarcoPublished 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.