[A synthetical mouth study of 105 Uygur people above 100 years of age].
Oral examination was performed in 105 Uygur people aged 100 to 135 years. Among them there were 77 males and 28 females. Results were as follows: the teeth loss rate was 100.0%, edentulous rate 54.3%, dental caries 70.5%, periodontal disease 52.4%, normal labial-buccal mucosa 65.7%, fissured tongue 74.3%, no smoking 86.7%, no drinking 94.3%, and all of them had neither history of dental extration nor restoration. This study may provide data for investigating secret of human longevity.
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Western Region Hospital of Urumqi/Xinjiang.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000453:epidemiology; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D014063:Tongue, Fissured / Q000453:epidemiology; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000453:epidemiology