Number of natural teeth, denture use and mortality in Chinese elderly: a population-based prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Jin-Qiu Yuan (Author), Yue-Bin Lv (Author), Virginia Byers Kraus (Author), Xiang Gao (Author), Zhao-Xue Yin (Author), Hua-Shuai Chen (Author), Jie-Si Luo (Author), Yi Zeng (Author), Chen Mao (Author), Xiao-Ming Shi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The associations between the number of natural teeth/denture use and all-cause mortality remain unclear due to lake of investigation for the potential interaction between tooth loss and denture use and for the potential changes in these exposures over time in older adults. We und...