ArticleJournal of dental research2021
Dental Care Use, Edentulism, and Systemic Health among Older Adults.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Understanding the feelings and experiences of patients with periodontal disease: a qualitative meta-synthesis.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2022Pooled it
- Prior Incarceration and Dental Insurance Trajectories throughout Older Adulthood.JDR clinical and translational research · 2026Article
- Identifying High-Priority Profiles for Edentulism and Other Health Outcomes Through Population-Based Clustering.AJPM focus · 2026Article
- Trends in Dental Care Visits Across the Lifespan Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: Implications for Practice and Policy.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Discontinuation of dental care and systemic diseases of persons in need of long-term home care - an observational study from the InSEMaP project with German health insurance claims data.BMC geriatrics · 2026Observational
- Lip Pressure, Bite Force and Denture Use as Predictors of Oral Frailty in Physically Active Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- Professional dental care and survival rates in long-term care recipients: A cohort study of 1 459 163 individuals in South Korea.Gerodontology · 2025Article
- Dental care trajectories among formerly incarcerated older adults in the United States.PloS one · 2025Article
- History of Incarceration and Dental Care Use Among Older Adults in the United States.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Prior incarceration length and edentulism among formerly incarcerated older adults in the United States.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2024Article
- Age and sex differences in the association of dental visits with inadequate oral health and multimorbidity: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).BMC public health · 2024Article
- Synthesis of secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor using cell-free protein synthesis system.Odontology · 2024Article
- A Comparative Analysis of Oral Health and Self-Rated Health: 'All of Us Research Program' vs. 'Health and Retirement Study'.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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- Longitudinal association of edentulism with cognitive impairment, sarcopenia and all-cause mortality among older Chinese adults.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Dental Services Use: Medicare Beneficiaries Experience Immediate And Long-Term Reductions After Enrollment.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2023Article
- Income-related inequality and decomposition of edentulism among aged people in China.BMC oral health · 2022Article
- Association between Improvement of Oral Health, Swallowing Function, and Nutritional Intake Method in Acute Stroke Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Past research suggests there are systematic associations between oral health and chronic illness among older adults. Although causality has not yet been credibly established, periodontitis has been found to be associated with higher risk of both heart disease and stroke. We advance this literature by estimating the direct association between dental care use and systemic health using multiple waves of the 1992 to 2016 Health and Retirement Study. Through the inclusion of individual fixed effects in our regression models, we account for unobservable time-invariant characteristics of individuals that might otherwise bias estimates of the association between dental care use and health. We find statistically significant negative associations between dental care use and the number of health conditions, self-reported overall health, the incidence of heart disease, and the incidence of stroke. In particular, the use of dental care within the past 2 y is associated with a 2.7% reduction in the likelihood of being diagnosed with a heart condition and a reduction in the likelihood of a stroke diagnosis of between 5.3% and 11.6%. We also find large positive correlations between edentulism and the measures of chronic illness. Associations from models estimated separately for men and women are qualitatively similar to one another. These findings provide additional motivation for the consideration of a Medicare dental benefit.
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