Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa

TL;DR: The results indicate that tooth loss and edentulism were complex phenomena, with intricate predisposing, demographic, enabling and need factors playing a role.

TL;DR: In the studied population, oral status was associated with the perception of quality of life in general and poorer qol in the physical domain.

TL;DR: The results show that a poorer oral status, represented by having fewer teeth that were not replaced by dental prostheses, was associated with obesity in Southern Brazil older people, suggesting a close relationship between poor oral status and systemic conditions that may have important clinical implications.

TL;DR: Adjusting for age, sex and SES, OHL is related to a risk factor (biofilm) and a consequence of poor oral health (emergency dental visits) and can interfere with the impact of oral diseases on quality of life.

TL;DR: The analyses showed OHRQoL gradients consistent with the number and position of teeth missing due to oral disease, suggesting that the quantity of teeth lost does not necessarily reflect the impact of tooth mortality on OHRZoL and that future studies should take this into consideration.