Dietary Assessment of Older Men Clinical Trial
Official title:
Associations Between the Composition of Functional Tooth Units and Nutrient Intake in Older Men: the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project.
Various definitions of poor dentition in older adults has been linked with inadequate intake of nutrients and poor diet quality. This study aims to look at the associations between poor dentition as defined by the composition of functional tooth units, and dietary intake of nutrients in community dwelling older men.
Poor dentition, defined by numbers of teeth, functional tooth units or edentulism has been
previously shown to be associated with poor intakes of nutrients in older adults, including
but not limited to vitamin C, calcium, fibre, protein, zinc and folate. Similar findings have
been found when poor dentition is defined by the presence of a prosthesis. Reasons for this
inverse relationship include poor denture quality, reduced chewing capacity, or the
inadequacy of prosthesis to replace natural teeth.
However limited studies have looked at how the composition (natural verses prosthetic) of
functional tooth units is associated with nutrient intake. A cross sectional analysis of a
cohort of male older adults, participating in an ongoing longitudinal study, was conducted to
investigate nutrition and oral health associations, including the relationship between the
composition of functional tooth units and nutrient intake.
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