Relationship of number of missing teeth to hip fracture in elderly patients: A cohort pilot study
Journal of Prosthodontics Sep 20, 2017
Priebe J, et al. - The current study's goal was to define the association between the number of missing natural teeth or remaining natural teeth and osteoporotic hip fracture in elderly patients and to determine the relationship between the number of missing teeth or remaining teeth and osteoporotic fracture risk assessment (FRAX) probability. This cohort pilot study concluded that the number of missing natural teeth could be a valuable tool to assist members of medical and dental teams in identifying patients with higher FRAX scores and a higher likelihood of experiencing a hip fracture. To validate these findings, further study was required.
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