The effect of the national scaling program on tooth loss: a claim-based matched large cohort study in Korea
Dental News and Technology
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Community Dent Health. 2022 Sep 23. doi: 10.1922/CDH_00221Choi06. Online ahead of print. Abstract Objective: Tooth loss affects quality of life. Scaling is a measure to prevent periodontal disease and tooth loss. This study aimed to determine the effect of scaling on tooth loss. Basic research design: Secondary analysis of the Korean National Health Insurance Services database, comprising 514,866 Koreans as an initial cohort, followed for 14 years up to 2015.
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