Proximal alveolar bone loss in a longitudinal radiographic investigation: III. Some predictors with a possible influence on the progress in an unselected material

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Bolin A, Lavstedt S, Henrikson CO. Proximal alveolar bone loss in a longitudinal radiographic investigation. III. Some predictors with a possible influence on the progress in an unselected material. Acta Odontol Scand 1986;44:257-262. ISSN 0001-6357. The difference in proximal alveolar bone height between 1970 and 1980, the “ABD index”, has been measured longitudinally in radiographs from an unselected material. The group constitutes 406 individuals born in 1904-1952 in the county of Stockholm. Thirteen of 18 predictors determined in 1970 were significantly related to the ABD index in the simple correlation analyses. The predictor ‘the alveolar bone loss 1970’ (‘ABL index 1970’) had the strongest correlation to the ABD index. In the stepwise multiple regression analysis the predictor ABL index 1970 and three other predictors reached significant levels. These were age, number of lost teeth, and Russell's Periodontal Index. Epidemiology; periodontal diseases; periodontal index; prognosis