title: Understanding the value of teeth to older adults: influences on the quality of life.
abstract: Understanding the value of teeth to older adults is important in marketing dental services and motivating patients to care for their teeth. The authors surveyed more than 1,000 older adults in North Carolina to determine how teeth affect the quality of their lives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Ecology, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill 27599-7450.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hunt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D017281:Cost of Illness; D016321:Dental Care for Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D003753:Dental Health Surveys; D003778:Dentures / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009657:North Carolina; D009909:Oral Health; D011788:Quality of Life