ascorbic-acid and Jaw--Edentulous--Partially

To clarify the association of tooth loss with dietary intakes among dentists, for whom sufficient dental care is available.. We analyzed the data from 20 366 Japanese dentists (mean age +/- SD, 52.2 +/- 12.1 years; women 8.0%) who participated in a nationwide cohort study from 2001 to 2006. The baseline questionnaire included a validated food-frequency questionnaire to estimate intakes of foods and nutrients. We computed the geometric means of daily intakes by the number of teeth, adjusting for age, sex, smoking, physical activity, and history of diabetes.. The mean intakes of some key nutrients and food groups, such as carotene, vitamins A and C, milk and dairy products, and vegetables including green-yellow vegetables, decreased with the increasing number of teeth lost (P for trend <0.05). On the contrary, mean intakes of carbohydrate, rice, and confectioneries were increased among those with fewer teeth (P for trend <0.05). The difference in the geometric mean (%) between totally edentulous subjects and those with > or =25 teeth, that is [(Geometric mean for > or =25 teeth) - (Geometric mean for 0 teeth)]/(Geometric mean for > or =25 teeth) x 100, was 14.3%, 8.6%, 6.1%, and -6.1% for carotene, vitamin C, vitamin A, and carbohydrate, respectively. For food groups, it was 26.3%, 11.9%, 5.6%, -9.5%, and -29.6% for milk and dairy products, green-yellow vegetables, total vegetables, rice, and confectioneries, respectively.. Tooth loss was linked with poorer nutrition even among dentists.

Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Ascorbic Acid; Candy; Carotenoids; Cohort Studies; Dairy Products; Dentists; Diabetes Mellitus; Diet; Dietary Carbohydrates; Feeding Behavior; Female; Humans; Japan; Jaw, Edentulous, Partially; Male; Middle Aged; Motor Activity; Mouth, Edentulous; Nutritional Status; Oryza; Sex Factors; Smoking; Tooth Loss; Vegetables; Vitamin A

Evidence that dental status affects diet is equivocal. The hypothesis of this study was that diet was affected by dental status. The objective was to assess the relationship between numbers of teeth and diet and nutritional status in US adult civilians without prostheses. We examined 6985 NHANES (1988-1994) participants. Data included socio-economics, demographics, dental status, and diet and nutritional status. Dietary data were obtained from food frequency questionnaires and 24-hour dietary recall. Serum levels of beta carotene, folate, and vitamin C were measured with isocratic high-performance liquid chromatography. The population was classified by numbers of teeth. Covariance and Satterthwaite F-adjusted statistical comparisons were made between tooth groupings and the fully dentate population. Multilinear regression models adjusted for covariates. People with fewer than 28 teeth had significantly lower intakes of carrots, tossed salads, and dietary fiber than did fully dentate people, and lower serum levels for beta carotene, folate, and vitamin C. Dental status significantly affects diet and nutrition.

Topics: Adult; Aged; Ascorbic Acid; beta Carotene; Choice Behavior; Dentition, Permanent; Diet; DMF Index; Eating; Female; Food Preferences; Humans; Jaw, Edentulous, Partially; Male; Middle Aged; Nutrition Disorders; Nutrition Surveys; Nutritional Status; Retrospective Studies; Statistics, Nonparametric; Tooth Loss; United States; Vegetables

An examination of the number of remaining teeth was performed in a sample of women representative of middle-aged women in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. A dietary history was recorded in a subsample comprising altogether 437 women. When carrying out multivariate analyses of the total series, taking age into consideration as a background factor, significant correlations were observed between prevalence of edentulousness on one hand and intake of energy, fat and calcium on the other. Edentulous women had lower intake of ascorbic acid than other women.

Topics: Adult; Alcohol Drinking; Ascorbic Acid; Body Weight; Diet; Feeding Behavior; Female; Humans; Jaw, Edentulous; Jaw, Edentulous, Partially; Middle Aged; Random Allocation