Association between self-rated oral appearance and the need for dental prostheses among elderly Brazilians

• Main Authors: Emília Araújo Vilela (Author), Andréa Maria Eleutério de Barros Lima Martins (Author), Sandhi Maria Barreto (Author), Andréa Maria Duarte Vargas (Author), Raquel Conceição Ferreira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We investigated the association between poor self-rated oral appearance and the need for dental prostheses among elderly Brazilians. National data from an epidemiological survey on oral health in Brazil conducted from 2002 to 2003 by the Ministry of Health (SB, Brazil) with a multistage random sampl...