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Some older adults were more than three times as likely to lose all of their teeth.
More than 1 in 3 adults aged 65 or older who were:
- low-income.
- had less than a high school education.
- currently smoking cigarettes.
lost all of their teeth.
Percentage of adults aged 65 or older missing all of their teeth, 2011–2016:
- low-income 34% compared to higher-income 11%.
- less than HS education 35% compared to more than HS education 9%.
- currently smoking cigarettes 43% compared to never smoked cigarettes 12%.
They were more than 3x as likely to lose all of their teeth as the comparison groups.