A 10-year longitudinal study of self-assessed chewing ability and dental status in 50-year-old subjects.
Chewing ability and dental status were assessed in 2 Swedish counties via questionnaires sent in 1992 and 2002 to all subjects born in 1942. Those who answered both questionnaires-at ages 50 and 60-were included in the study (n = 5,008). The proportion of those who reported chewing ability as very good decreased from 75% to 66% during the 10-year follow-up. Approximately 80% of complete denture wearers considered their chewing ability to be good. Chewing ability was reported to be worse at age 60 than at age 50, although there was only a minor impairment in dental status.
Johansson
Anders
A
Department of Oral Sciences - Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Bergen, Norway. Anders.Johansson@odont.uib.no
Unell
Lennart
L
Johansson
Ann-Katrin
AK
Carlsson
Gunnar E
GE
D003824:Denture, Complete; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000503:physiopathology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000503:physiopathology; D012647:Self-Assessment; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000503:physiopathology*