Abstract

Poor Oral Health in Late Life: Selected Predictors and Initiatives Towards Prevention of Tooth Loss

Kristine Harrsen Bachkati, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Henrik Brønnum-Hansen and Poul Holm-Pedersen

The proportion of the population surviving to a very high age is increasing and the mortality among the oldest old is only half that is was 50 years ago, in the developed countries