Mortality patterns in partially edentulous and edentulous elderly patients treated with dental implants.

摘要

Elderly partially edentulous patients had significantly lower mortality compared with edentulous patients over a 10-year period of follow-up. Both subgroups also showed significantly lower mortality compared with normal populations of comparable sex and age at the time of implant surgery. The observation is interpreted as that these patients are healthier and more motivated to replace their lost teeth with implants than the normal population rather than that implant treatment per se reduces mortality.