Edentulism and shortened dental arch in Brazilian elderly from the National Survey of Oral Health 2003
OBJECTIVE: To describe the distribution of edentulism and estimate the prevalence of functional dentition and shortened dental arch among elderly population. METHODS: A population-based epidemiological study was carried out with a sample of 5,349 respondents aged 65 to 74 years obtained from the 200...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2011-10-01
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| Series: | Revista de Saúde Pública |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102011000500001&lng=en&tlng=en |