title: Long-term routine dental attendance is important for older adults.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Long-term routine dental attendance: influence on tooth loss and oral health-related quality of life in Swedish older adults. Astrøm AN, Ekback G, Ordell S, Nasir E. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2014;42(5):460-69.
  
  
  METHODS
  Leonard A. Crocombe, BDSc, MBA, MPA, PhD PURPOSE/QUESTION: To investigate the effect of long-term dental attendance on oral health-n-related quality of life and tooth loss.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Government: Department of Dentistry, Orebro County; The Dental Commissioning Unit, Ostergotland County, Sweden; NRC Grant 204887/V50.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cohort study
  
  
  METHODS
  Level 2: Limited-quality, patient-oriented evidence
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
authors: Senior Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre of Population Oral Health, University of Adelaide, Australia; Associate Professor, Oral Health, Centre for Rural Health, University of Tasmania. Private Bag 103, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia. Electronic address: leonard.crocombe@adelaide.edu.au.
authors: Leonard A
authors: LA
authors: Crocombe
mesh_terms: D016321:Dental Care for Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health; D011788:Quality of Life; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000453:epidemiology*