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Association between bone mineral density and remaining teeth in postmenopausal women

Lee, Kyeong-Soo ORD ID 1 Kim, Chang-suk 2

1영남대학교
2울산과학대학교

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ABSTRACT

Objectives : The purpose of the study is to investigate the factors affecting the bone densityand the relationship between bone density and remaining teeth by using data from 2007 to 2009of the 4th Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey(KNHANES). Methods : The subjects were 1,829 postmenopausal women over 50 years old from the dataof the 4th KNHANES. Results : The bone density had the significant difference in ‘age’ and ‘level of education’ andremaining teeth had the significant difference in age, monthly income and level of education. The bone mineral density and remaining teeth had the significantly different from subjective generalhealth, smoking, drinking, physical activity. The oral health behaviors and remaining teeth hadthe significantly associated in subjective oral health status, frequency of tooth brushing, use ofauxiliary oral hygiene product, and recent oral examination. Conclusions : The number of remaining teeth is below 9.27 compared with the normal group.

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