Oral health trajectories in community-dwelling older adults in the last 3 years of life.
Xi ChenChristian E DouglasJohn S PreisserSupawadee NaorungrojJames D BeckPublished in: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry (2018)
Although other oral health measures remained relatively stable, tooth loss and dissatisfaction with mouth appearance steadily increased in community-dwelling older adults as death approached. These changes were gradual and parallel the end-of-life general health decline.