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Postmenopausal women who smoke ___ at an increased risk __ losing their teeth, says ______ study. The study involved 1,106 women who participated in ___ Buffalo OsteoPerio Study, an ________ of the Women's Health __________, (WHI), the largest clinical _____ and observational study ever __________ in the U.S., involving ____ than 162,000 women across ___ nation, including nearly 4,000 __ Buffalo. Smoking has long been __________ with tooth loss, but ______________ women, in particular, experience ____ tooth loss than their ____ counterparts. "Regardless of having better ____ health practices, such as ________ and flossing, and visiting ___ dentist more frequently, postmenopausal _____ in general tend to __________ more tooth loss than ___ of the same age," ____ Xiaodan (pronounced Shee-ao-dan) Mai, _ doctoral student in epidemiology __ the UB Department of ______ and Preventive Medicine in ___ School of Public Health ___ Health Professions. "We were __________ in smoking as a ________ that might be important." While fewer adults lose _____ teeth now than in ____ decades, tooth loss is __________ with poor health outcomes, _________ stroke, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis ___ diabetes. In the UB study, _____ smokers-defined as those who ___ at least 26 pack-years __ smoking, or the equivalent __ having smoked a pack _ day for 26 years-were ______ twice as likely to ______ having experienced tooth loss _______ and more than six _____ as likely to have ___________ tooth loss due to ___________ disease, compared to those ___ never smoked. Participants provided information to ___________ using a detailed questionnaire ________ smoking history. Each participant ____ underwent a comprehensive oral ___________ and reported to the ______ examiners reasons for each _____ lost. In some cases, ___ patient's dental records also ____ reviewed. "We found that heavy _______ had significantly higher odds __ experiencing tooth loss due __ periodontal disease than those ___ never smoked," explains Mai. "__ also found that the ____ women smoked, the more ______ they experienced tooth loss __ a result of periodontal _______." "Tooth loss due to ___________ disease is a prevalent _________ among postmenopausal women that ________ impacts their dietary intake, __________, and overall quality of ____," says Mai. "Women now ____ yet another, very tangible ______ for quitting smoking." The study has been _________ in the Journal of ___ American Dental Association. |
