Watt RJ and Aida J. 2022 Time to take oral health seriously. The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 3, #11, November, 2022, E727-728.
In the past two decades, a considerable body of research has focused on exploring the potential association between oral health and several general health outcomes. The Global Burden of Disease Study has reported that poor oral health was one of the ten leading causes of loss of healthy longevity among older people.