Secular trends of dental status in five 70-year-old cohorts between 1971 and 2001.

Österberg, TorGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institutionen för odontologi,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine,Institute of Odontology (author)

OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study, which are part of the gerontological and geriatric population studies in Göteborg, Sweden (H70), were to describe cohort differences and trends in dental status and utilization of dental care in 70-year-olds. The study is based on five cohorts examined in 1971/72, 1976/77, 1981/82, 1992/93 and 2000/01 (called cohort I, II, III, V and VI, respectively). The total number of participants was 2290 and varied between 386 and 583 in the different cohorts. The proportion of dentate 70-year-olds changed gradually from 49% in the first to 93% in the last cohort. The mean number of teeth in the dentate 70-year-olds was 14 in cohort I and 21 in cohort VI. The proportion of subjects with 20 or more teeth changed from 13% in cohort I, to 20% in cohort III, and to 65% in cohort VI. In cohort I, 76% of the 70-year-olds had some kind of removable denture; 37% in cohort III, but only 17% in cohort VI. About 20% of all 70-year-olds in cohort I reported regular yearly visits to a dentist. The corresponding figures in cohort III and cohort VI were 50% and 80%, respectively. Even though positive cohort trends were observed in all studied subgroups, factors such as low education, smoking, being un-married, having high waist circumference and being physically inactive were negatively associated with dental status at the end of the study period as well as at the beginning.

Johanson, CeciliaGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för odontologi,Institute of Odontology(Swepub:gu)xjohce (author)
Sundh, Valter,1950Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine(Swepub:gu)xsunva (author)
Steen, Bertil,1938Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine(Swepub:gu)xstebe (author)
Birkhed, Dowen,1946Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för odontologi,Institute of Odontology(Swepub:gu)xbirdo (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa (creator_code:org_t)

In:Community dentistry and oral epidemiology: Wiley34:6, s. 446-540301-56611600-0528

By the author/editor: Österberg, Tor; Johanson, Cecili ...; Sundh, Valter, 1 ...; Steen, Bertil, 1 ...; Birkhed, Dowen, ...

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MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: MEDICAL AND HEAL ...; and Clinical Medicin ...; and Geriatrics

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: MEDICAL AND HEAL ...; and Clinical Medicin ...; and Dentistry

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