Low Bone Mass Is a Risk Factor in Periodontal Disease-Related Tooth Loss in Patients with Intellectual Disability

Teeth are fundamental to maintaining good quality of life, but are often lost prematurely in individuals with intellectual disability. Furthermore, since bone mass decreases in menopausal women, women with intellectual disability have an augmented risk of losing their teeth. However, the relationshi...

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Main Authors: Numoto, Yoko, Mori, Takayuki, Maeda, Shigeru, Tomoyasu, Yumiko, Higuchi, Hitoshi, Egusa, Masahiko, Miyawaki, Takuya
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Bentham Open 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3866628/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24358063
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874210601307010157
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