The association between individual and contextual factors and functional dentition status among adults in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil: a multilevel study A associação entre aspectos individuais e contextuais na dentição funcional de adultos do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil: um estudo multinível

• Autori principali: Annie Pozeczek Koltermann (Autore), Jessye Melgarejo do Amaral Giordani (Autore), Marcos Pascoal Pattussi (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Functional dentition plays an important role in maintaining masticatory function, which is closely related to the number of teeth present in the mouth. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between individual and contextual factors and functional dentition (defined as the pr...