Disease relevance of Tooth Loss

• OBJECTIVE--To assess the association between a measure of extensive tooth loss (functional edentulism) and obesity with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) in a racially heterogeneous sample [1].
• The best predictors of tooth loss were previous coronal and root caries [2].
• This study aimed to: (1) evaluate associations among periodontal disease, established risk factors for elevated CRP, and CRP levels within the US population; and (2) determine whether total tooth loss is associated with reduced CRP [3].
• Dental caries and antemortem tooth loss in the Northern Peten area, Mexico: a biocultural perspective on social status differences among the Classic Maya [4].
• The objective was to determine the association between tooth loss and upper gastrointestinal cancer in the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study cohort and to determine the importance of potentially confounding dietary factors or H. pylori seropositivity [5].

Psychiatry related information on Tooth Loss

• This study suggested that the decrease of masticatory function caused by tooth loss leads to a decrease of ACh synthesis resulting in a learning memory disorder [6].

High impact information on Tooth Loss

• Relationship between estrogen-receptor genotype and tooth loss in postmenopausal women [7].
• CONCLUSION: Estrogen replacement therapy may be beneficial in preventing tooth loss and the need for dentures in older women [8].
• Dental caries and antemortem tooth loss (AMTL) are investigated in a Classic Maya sample obtained from the sites of Calakmul, Dzibanché, and Kohunlich (Mexico) [4].
• Total tooth loss was also associated with low citrus fruit consumption and low plasma vitamin C levels, increased plasma C-reactive protein in men, and with increased plasma interleukin-6, fibrinogen, and factor VIII levels in women [9].
• It also reviews the potential interactions between occlusal loading and erosion that may contribute to non-carious cervical tooth loss [10].

Chemical compound and disease context of Tooth Loss

• CONCLUSION: Neither salivary cotinine nor GCF cotinine was significantly correlated with probing depth, attachment loss and tooth loss (p > 0.05) [11].
• The present study provided circumstantial evidence that, in addition to fluoride induced dental lesions, the occurrence of marked periodontal disease and tooth loss is an important factor responsible for a reduction of life expectancy in severely fluorotic wild red deer [12].
• Early literature described the benefits of cleaning the mouth and teeth to prevent tartar accumulation and tooth loss [13].
• PURPOSE: The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the radiographic findings with formocresol and ferric sulfate pulpotomies in relation to early tooth loss [14].

Biological context of Tooth Loss

• OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between estrogen receptor (ER) and vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms and tooth loss, oral bone loss, and postcranial bone mineral density (BMD) in Japanese postmenopausal women [15].
• Association of natural tooth loss with genetic variation at the human matrix Gla protein locus in elderly women [16].

Anatomical context of Tooth Loss

• Production of an appropriate occlusal curve for dentitions which have become deranged because of tooth loss, overeruption, tipping and drifting can present challenges for the dental technician [17].
• Other oral health indicators, such as occlusal wear on molars, pathology of temporomandibular joint (TMJ), carious lesions, calculus accretion, periodontal disease, and antemortem tooth loss were recorded [18].
• All affected also had redundant peri-umbilical skin, a hypoplastic maxilla, microdontia, and hypodontia missing between 20 and 27 teeth with an unusual pattern of tooth loss [19].

Gene context of Tooth Loss

• CONCLUSIONS: The ApaI polymorphism of the VDR gene is associated with oral bone loss, clinical attachment loss, and tooth loss in older men [20].
• Regarding pocket probing depth and tooth loss, there were no significant differences related to IL-1 genotype [21].
• A positive IL-1 genotype increased the risk of tooth loss by 2.7 times, and heavy smoking by 2.9 times [22].
• The HSG patients experienced some tooth loss and also lost significant amounts of bone and attachment during the 12 years of SPT [23].
• The best association between AMI status and study variables was the combination of > or = 4 mm of bone loss > or = 50%, proportion of bleeding on probing (%BOP), %PPDs > or = 6 mm, and tooth loss (Nagelkirke r2 = 0.46) [24].

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