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New York University
NYU dental researcher finds link between pregnancy and tooth loss
June 19th, 2008
The old wives tale "for every child the mother loses a tooth" has some validity, a New York University dental professor has found. Women who have more children are more likely to have missing teeth, according to a nationwide study of 2,635 women by Dr. Stefanie Russell, an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology & Health Promotion, which was published on the Web site of the American Journal of Public Health. Dr. Russell's conclusions are based on information on white and black non-Hispanic women ages 18-64 who reported at least one pregnancy in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a representative study of the U.S....
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-19)
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