Tooth retention
1 paper2 findings
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Funders: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico and 2 more
- Humans1
Outcomes
2Disability-free life expectancy
upin humans1
1 study
Disability-free life expectancy
upin humans1
Tooth retention increases disability-free life expectancy in humans (+1.6 years (95% CI 0.8-2.3)).
“At age 60, non-edentulous adults lived 0.9 years longer (95 % CI 0.2-1.8) and spent 1.6 additional disability-free years (95 % CI 0.8-2.3) than edentulous adults.”
Humans
Missing teeth and missing years: Oral health and survival in a Brazilian aging cohort
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics4 Mar 2026
Total life expectancy
upin humans1
1 study
Total life expectancy
upin humans1
Tooth retention increases total life expectancy in humans (+0.9 years (95% CI 0.2-1.8)).
“At age 60, non-edentulous adults lived 0.9 years longer (95 % CI 0.2-1.8) and spent 1.6 additional disability-free years (95 % CI 0.8-2.3) than edentulous adults.”
Humans
Missing teeth and missing years: Oral health and survival in a Brazilian aging cohort
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics4 Mar 2026
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Missing teeth and missing years: Oral health and survival in a Brazilian aging cohort
Cohort study of 1,734 peoplePopulations