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Interplay Between Oral Health and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Tooth Loss: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Analysis
By Cinezan A, Rus CB, Vaida LL and 3 others.
Abstract
Background
Tooth loss is a cumulative oral-health outcome associated with reduced quality of life and several behavioral and systemic factors. Fewer studies have examined oral hygiene and multiple cardiovascular risk factors simultaneously in relation to the number of missing teeth within the same ambulatory clinical population. Our study examined the cross-sectional associations of oral hygiene status and major cardiovascular risk factors with the number of missing natural teeth in an ambulatory adult population.
Methods
In this cross-sectional study, 1031 ambulatory adults underwent clinical assessment of missing natural teeth and oral hygiene status, categorized as good, fair, or poor. Hypertension, obesity, dyslipidemia, current smoking, and diabetes mellitus were recorded. Multivariable negative binomial regression adjusted simultaneously for oral hygiene status, age, sex, and the measured cardiovascular risk factors was the primary analysis, with multivariable linear regression used as a supportive analysis.