Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, tooth loss, and edentulism among adults in the United States: 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey.

CONCLUSIONS: Participants with asthma or COPD had higher odds of tooth loss compared with those with neither asthma nor COPD. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: People with asthma or COPD should maintain routine dental visits to reduce the risk of experiencing tooth loss. PMID: 31732091 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - Category: Dentistry Tags: J Am Dent Assoc Source Type: research