Real-world evidence of the impact of obesity on residual teeth in the Japanese population: A cross-sectional study

• Published in: PLOS ONE Vol. 17; no. 9; p. e0274465
• Main Authors: Hayashi, Mayu, Morino, Katsutaro, Harada, Kayo, Miyazawa, Itsuko, Ishikawa, Miki, Yasuda, Takako, Iwakuma, Yoshie, Yamamoto, Kazushi, Matsumoto, Motonobu, Maegawa, Hiroshi, Ishikado, Atsushi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science (PLoS) 14.09.2022; Public Library of Science
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Age groups; Aged; Biology and Life Sciences; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Chi-square test; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dental caries; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Disease; Distribution; Edentulous; Fasting; Glucose; Glycated Hemoglobin; Health aspects; Health insurance; Health risks; Humans; Inflammation; Insurance claims; Japan; Japan - epidemiology; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Molars; Nutritional status; Obesity; Obesity - complications; Obesity - epidemiology; Older people; People and Places; Physiological aspects; Population; Population studies; Q; Quality of Life; R; Regression analysis; Research Article; Risk factors; Science; Self report; Smoking; Teeth; Tooth Loss; Tooth Loss - complications; Tooth Loss - epidemiology; Young Adult; Japan

Tooth loss is associated with nutritional status and significantly affects quality of life, particularly in older individuals. To date, several studies reveal that a high BMI is associated with tooth loss. However, there is a lack of large-scale studies that examined the impact of obesity on residua...