A study led by the National Dental Centre Singapore (NDCS), in collaboration with researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School, has found that maintaining more natural teeth is associated with significantly more years of independent living among older adults, especially among those who do not use removable dental prostheses. The study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, assessed how tooth retention influences the number of years lived with and without limitations in daily activities (Activities of Daily Living [ADLs], such as bathing, dressing and eating and physical function such as walking and climbing stairs).
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