Childhood socioeconomic conditions and teeth in older adulthood: Evidence from SHARE wave 5

ConclusionThese findings substantiate the association between socioeconomic conditions in the early years of life and tooth retention to older adulthood and highlight the long‐lasting relation between childhood living conditions and oral health through the lifecourse.

Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - September 19, 2017 Category: Dentistry Authors: Stefan Listl, Jonathan M. Broadbent, W. Murray Thomson, Christian Stock, Jing Shen, Jimmy Steele, John Wildman, Anja Heilmann, Richard G. Watt, Georgios Tsakos, Marco A. Peres, Geert Heijden, Hendrik J ürges Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research