Dental status in the Polish senior population and its correlates-Results of the national survey PolSenior.
Katarzyna MehrMagdalena Olszanecka-GlinianowiczJerzy ChudekAleksandra SzybalskaMałgorzata MossakowskaJan ZejdaKatarzyna Wieczorowska-TobisTomasz GrodzickiPaweł PiotrowskiPublished in: Gerodontology (2018)
Complete edentulism is frequent among older Poles and affects almost 50% of them. It is associated with female sex, age, rural dwelling, poor economic status, smoking and diabetes. Rural dwelling and dependence of daily living are significant correlates of not having dentures and denture disuse.