Body Mass Index and Tooth Loss: An Epidemiological Study in a Sample of Suburban South Indian Population

• Main Authors: Parthasarathy Natarajan (Author), Minati Choudhury (Author), Madhan Kumar Seenivasan (Author), Karthigeyan Jeyapalan (Author), Shanmuganathan Natarajan (Author), Anand Kumar Vaidhyanathan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Aim: This study evaluated the relationship between missing posterior teeth and body mass index with regard to age and socioeconomic state in a sample of the suburban south Indian population. Materials and Methods: The 500 individuals of both males and females aged 40 years and older with missing pos...