Assessment of the association between dentate status and self-rated general health

Abstract

Aiming at preparing the basis for evidence-based dental public health policy making in Slovenia, the objective of the study was to assess the strength of association between oral health status measured by the number of missing teeth and self-rated health (SRH).

Keywords

• self-rated health
• oral health
• missing teeth
• preserved teeth
• public health policy
• samoocena zdravja
• ustno zdravje
• ustno zdravje
• manjkajoči zobje
• ohranjeni zobje
• javnozdravstvene politike