White Teeth Sex Differences In Dental Caries Experience: Clinical Evidence, Complex Etiology

Clinical Oral Investigations PublisherSpringer Berlin / Heidelberg ISSN1432-6981 (Print) 1436-3771 (Online)John R. Lukacs Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, 97403, OR, USA Published online: 21 July 2010 Abstract A sex difference in oral health has been widely documented through time and across cultures. Women's oral health declines more rapidly than men's with the onset of agriculture and the associated rise in fertility. The magnitude of this disparity in oral health by sex increases during ontogeny: from childhood, to adolescence, and through the reproductive years. Representative studies of sex differences in caries, tooth loss, and periodontal disease are critically reviewed. ...