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ArticleClinical oral investigations2022

Sociomedical and oral factors affecting masticatory performance in an older population.

Andrianna Bousiou, Kalliopi Konstantopoulou, Argy Polychronopoulou, Demetrios J Halazonetis, Martin Schimmel, Anastassia E Kossioni

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Article in Clinical oral investigations, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrianna BousiouDepartment of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Thivon 2, 11527, Athens, Greece.
Kalliopi KonstantopoulouDepartment of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Thivon 2, 11527, Athens, Greece.
Argy PolychronopoulouDepartment of Preventive and Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Demetrios J HalazonetisDepartment of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Martin SchimmelDepartment of Reconstructive Dentistry and Gerodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Anastassia E KossioniDepartment of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Thivon 2, 11527, Athens, Greece. akossion@dent.uoa.gr.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity of Geneva · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo assess the sociomedical and oral factors affecting masticatory performance in a community-dwelling older population. MATERIALS AND

methodsCommunity-dwelling persons over 60 years were investigated using medical and dental oral interviews, oral and denture examination (natural teeth, tooth mobility, number of occluding tooth pairs, and removable dentures' prevalence and quality), and evaluation of masticatory performance using a mixing ability test.

resultsA total of 130 participants with a mean age of 73.9±8.5 years were recorded. Fifty-eight (44.6%) used various types of removable prostheses. Twenty were edentulous and used a pair of complete dentures. Univariate analyses revealed statistically significant associations (p≤0.05) between masticatory performance and aging, marital status, subjective chewing ability, use of removable dentures, use of various combinations of complete dentures, pain caused by maxillary denture, number of teeth, tooth mobility, posterior chewing pairs, all chewing contacts natural or prosthetic, retention of mandibular partial dentures, and dentures' occlusion. The multivariable quantile regression analysis revealed that fewer natural teeth (95% CI: -0.02-0.01, p<0.001), being edentulous and using a pair of complete dentures (95% CI: 0.09-0.35, p=0.001), and larger percentage of severely mobile teeth (95% CI: 0.07-0.82, p=0.020) were associated with lower masticatory performance.

conclusionsPoor masticatory performance in older adults was associated with fewer teeth, being edentulous and using a pair of complete dentures, and increased prevalence of severe tooth mobility. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Retaining the natural dentition and preventing and treating periodontal disease are important measures to maintain masticatory performance in older adults.

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Denture, CompleteMouth, EdentulousAgedAged, 80 and overDenture, PartialHumansIndependent LivingMasticationDenturesMasticatory performanceOlder adultsOral healthTooth lossTooth mobility

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