Search for dissertations about: "tooth mortality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words tooth mortality.

2. 1. On the mortality of patients treated with dental implants: Association to age, degree of tooth loss, and treatment modality

   Author : Jan Kowar; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mortality; age; socioeconomic status; edentulous; dental implant;

   Abstract : Rehabilitation of partially or completely edentulous patients with implant-supported prostheses is a common treatment in dentistry. Clinical studies evaluating this type of treatment have largely focused on technical and biolog-ical complications. READ MORE

4. 2. A matter of life and health : Life satisfaction, personality and mortality in two populations of elders

   Author : Ingela Steij Stålbrand; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Elders; health; subjective well-being; life satisfaction; personality; multimorbidity; mortality; symptoms;

   Abstract : The aims of the present thesis were to explore and describe elderly people’s morbidity and experience of symptoms in relation to life satisfaction, personality and mortality. (I, II and III) To learn from the individuals who have high life satisfaction in spite of the fact that they have concurrent medical diagnoses and conditions. READ MORE

5. 3. Prevalence and Prognostic Impact of Periodontal Disease and Conventional Risk Factors in Patients with Stable Coronary Heart Disease

   Author : Ola Vedin; Claes Held; Emil Hagström; Bertil Lindahl; Mai-Lis Hellenius; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Coronary heart disease; Secondary prevention; Prevention; Periodontal Disease; Tooth loss; Risk prediction; Risk factors; Myocardial infarction; Kardiologi; Cardiology;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to assess the prevalence and management of established cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and the prevalence and influence of self-reported markers (number of teeth and frequency of gum bleeding) of periodontal disease (PD), a less explored CV risk factor, in patients with stable chronic coronary heart disease (CHD).We studied patients from the global STabilization of Atherosclerotic plaque By Initiation of darapLadIb TherapY (STABILITY) trial (n=15,828), in which patients with stable chronic CHD were randomized to either darapladib or placebo. READ MORE

6. 4. Studies on oral health in mentally retarded adults

   Author : Pia Gabre; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : caries; cooperation; deinstitutionalisation; Down syndrome; epidemiology; mental retardation; microbiology; periodontal disease; prevention; tooth mortality; prevention;

   Abstract : During the last decades, a new policy involving normalisation, integration, equality and deinstitutionalisation of mentally retarded (MR) individuals has been accepted in Sweden. Consequently, many institutions have been closed and an increased number of people with MR are now integrated into the Swedish community. READ MORE

7. 5. Studies on periodontitis and analyses of individuals at risk for periodontal diseases

   Author : Henrik Jansson; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; antibiotics; diabetes mellitus; genotype; periodontal disease; risk factor;

   Abstract : Parodontit är en infektionssjukdom som orsakas av munhålans normala bakterieflora samt faktorer i infektionsförsvaret. Det inflammatoriska svaret fungerar som ett skydd för värden men är samtidigt vävnadsnedbrytande. Detta är anledningen till förlust av tandens stödjevävnader. READ MORE