Monitoring Edentulism in Older New Zealand Adults over Two Decades: A Review and Commentary

• מחבר ראשי: William Murray Thomson (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Historically, New Zealand has had the highest rates of edentulism in the world, but that rate has been falling quickly in recent decades. In 1997, projections were made for edentulism prevalence among 65-74-year-olds using national survey data from 1976 (where it was 72.3%) to 1988 (58.6%). That pro...