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September 2006, Vol 96, No. 9 | American Journal of Public Health 1578-1581
© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.071209

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Edentulism Among Mexican Adults Aged 35 Years and Older and Associated Factors

Carlo E. Medina-Solís, DDS, MSc, Ricardo Pérez-Núñez, MD, MSc, Gerardo Maupomé, PhD, MSc, BDS, DDPH RCS(E) and Juan F. Casanova-Rosado, DDS, MSc

Carlo E. Medina-Solís and Ricardo Pérez-Núñez are with the Centre for Health System Research of the National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. Gerardo Maupomé is with the Oral Health Research Institute, Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis School of Dentistry, Indianapolis. Juan F. Casanova-Rosado is with the Faculty of Dentistry of the Autonomous University of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Ricardo Pérez-Núñez, MD, MSc, Avenida Universidad #655, colonia Santa María Ahuacatitlán, 62508 Cuernavaca, Morelos, México (e-mail: rperez{at}correo.insp.mx).

We used National Performance Evaluation Survey data to estimate the prevalence and associated factors of edentulism among noninstitutionalized adults aged 35 years and older in Mexico. Statistically, the variables positively associated with edentulism were older age (odds ratio [OR]=1.08) and female gender (OR=1.79). Nonsmoking status (OR=0.70) and having a higher wealth index score (OR=0.72) were negatively associated. This information constitutes the first large-scale evaluation in Mexico for one of the World Health Organization’s priority oral health problems.






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