{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Haworth S"],"funding":["Umeå Universitet","Västerbotten Läns Landsting","Vetenskapsrådet","Medical Research Council","National Research Foundation of Korea","Wellcome Trust"],"pagination":["555-562"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6282797"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["46(6)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objectives</h4>Counts of missing teeth or measures of incident tooth loss are gaining attention as a simple way to measure dental status in large population studies. We explore the meaning of these metrics and how missing teeth might influence other measures of dental status.<h4>Methods</h4>An observational study was performed in 2 contrasting adult populations. In total, 62 522 adult participants were available with clinically assessed caries and periodontal indices from the Swedish arm of the Gene-Lifestyle Interactions and Dental Endpoints Study (GLIDE) and the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) in the Republic of Korea. Longitudinal measures of tooth loss were available for 28 244 participants in GLIDE with median follow-up of 10.6 years.<h4>Results</h"],"journal":["Community dentistry and oral epidemiology"],"pubmed_title":["Tooth loss is a complex measure of oral disease: Determinants and methodological considerations."],"pmcid":["PMC6282797"],"funding_grant_id":["2015-02597","MC_UU_12013/3","202802/Z/16/Z","Dnr 2011-3372","NRF-2015R12A2A1A15054758","201268/Z/16/Z"],"pubmed_authors":["Franks PW","Timpson NJ","Shin MJ","Haworth S","Shungin D","Kim HY","West NX","Kwak SY","Thomas SJ","Johansson I"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Tooth loss is a complex measure of oral disease: Determinants and methodological considerations.","description":"<h4>Objectives</h4>Counts of missing teeth or measures of incident tooth loss are gaining attention as a simple way to measure dental status in large population studies. We explore the meaning of these metrics and how missing teeth might influence other measures of dental status.<h4>Methods</h4>An observational study was performed in 2 contrasting adult populations. In total, 62 522 adult participants were available with clinically assessed caries and periodontal indices from the Swedish arm of the Gene-Lifestyle Interactions and Dental Endpoints Study (GLIDE) and the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) in the Republic of Korea. Longitudinal measures of tooth loss were available for 28 244 participants in GLIDE with median follow-up of 10.6 years.<h4>Results</h","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Dec","modification":"2025-04-04T12:41:40.229Z","creation":"2019-03-27T00:11:15Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6282797","cross_references":{"pubmed":["29956852"],"doi":["10.1111/cdoe.12391"]}}