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Self-perceived oral health and obesity among 65 years old in two Swedish counties
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- Ekbäck, Gunnar, 1954- (author)
- Dental Department, Örebro County Council, Örebro, Sweden
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- Naslund, Ingmar (author)
- Department of Surgery, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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- Montgomery, Scott M., 1961- (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Örebro universitet,Hälsoakademin,Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom,Orebro University Hospital
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- Ordell, Sven (author)
- Malmö högskola,Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Centrum för Ortodonti och Pedodonti,Dental Commissioning Unit, Östergötland County Council, Linköping, Sweden; Department of Oral Public Health, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden,Odontologiska fakulteten (OD)
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- Swedish Dental Journal (Sveriges Tandlakarforbund), 2010
- 2010
- English.
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In: SWEDISH DENTAL JOURNAL. - : Swedish Dental Journal (Sveriges Tandlakarforbund). - 0347-9994. ; 34:4, s. 207-216
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Abstract
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- The aim of this study was to explore the association between oral health and obesity. The study was conducted in the spring of 2007 as a postal survey of all inhabitants born in 1942 and living in the two Swedish counties of Orebro and Ostergotland. This questionnaire survey has been conducted every five years since 1992 but has been updated continually with additional questions and for the sweep used here, height and weight data were collected. A total of 8,313 individuals received the questionnaire and 6,078 of those responded (73,1%). The outcome variable oral health was measured using one global question and four detailed questions representing different aspects of oral health. The independent variable Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated using self-reported height and weight. A difference in oral health between various BMI groups was found. The difference was both statistically significant and of clinical importance, particularly among the group with severe obesity who reported poorer self-perceived chewing capacity, lower satisfaction with dental appearance, increased mouth dryness and fewer teeth and lower overall satisfaction with oral health. In view of the increased risk of poor oral health demonstrated in this study for those with severe obesity, it may be of value to increase cooperation between dental care and primary health care for these patients.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Odontologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Dentistry (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Oral health
- obesity
- questionnaires
- population studies
- Body Mass Index
- SOCIAL SCIENCES
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
- Medicine
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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