Refining definitions of periodontal disease and caries for prediction models of incident tooth loss.

CONCLUSIONS: Caries parameters best predicted incident tooth loss in men aged 20-39� years; in the intermediate and oldest age group and in young women, mean AL was most informative. Therefore, prediction models need to be developed for different age and gender groups.
PMID: 22612722 [PubMed – in process] (Source: Journal of Clinical Periodontology)
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