The association between gender and tooth loss in a small rural population of South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorAfrica, Charlene W.J.
dc.contributor.authorReddy, Jairam
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-09T09:06:41Z
dc.date.available2014-01-09T09:06:41Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractPeriodontal disease, which attacks the gums and supporting structures of the tooth, is one of the major causes of tooth loss in adults. Few studies on general well-being have compared the differences in oral health between men and women with studies from Europe and USA reporting that there are more edentulous women than men.Among the many factors contributing to tooth loss are poverty, availability and accessibility to dental and other health care as well as cultural traditions. This study examined a population living in a high fluoride area near Cape Town. This isolated community has until recently been unexposed to the diets and habits of the western world and have inter-married for decades. The results of this study indicated that although women had better oral hygiene habits than men, tooth loss was associated with age rather than gender.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Research Foundation of South Africaen_US
dc.identifier.citationAfrica, C.W.J. & Reddy, J. (2013). The association between gender and tooth loss in a small rural population of South Africa. Science Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2(1): 8-13en_US
dc.identifier.issn2327-2732
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/926
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherScience Publishing Groupen_US
dc.rights© 2013 Africa & Reddy; licensee Science Publishing Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11648/j.sjcm.20130201.12
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectTooth lossen_US
dc.subjectGender differencesen_US
dc.subjectOral healthen_US
dc.subjectPeriodontal diseaseen_US
dc.titleThe association between gender and tooth loss in a small rural population of South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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