Compared to younger adults, older adults are at greater risk for root caries. A model of root caries may assist dentists in predicting disease outcomes. OBJECTIVES: Using the Iowa 65+ Oral Health Survey, analysis was done to model the patterns of the root caries development in older adults

Anderson TW

Bauer JG

Beck JD

Dong J

Garrett N

Greenstein G

Helfenstein U

Kay EJ

Koycka-Kedzierawski DT

Spackman S

White BA

Woolfolk MW

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