TY - JOUR AU - Esan, Temitope Ayodeji AU - Olusile, Adeyemi Oluniyi AU - Akeredolu, Patricia Adetokunbo AU - Esan, Ayodeji Omobolanle PY - 2004 DA - 2004/11/22 TI - Socio-demographic factors and edentulism: the Nigerian experience JO - BMC Oral Health SP - 3 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - The rate of total edentulism is said to be increasing in developing countries and this had been attributed mainly to the high prevalence of periodontal diseases and caries. Several reports have shown that non-disease factors such as attitude, behavior, dental attendance, characteristics of health care systems and socio-demographic factors play important roles in the aetiopathogenesis of edentulism. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between socio-demographic factors and edentulism. SN - 1472-6831 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6831-4-3 DO - 10.1186/1472-6831-4-3 ID - Esan2004 ER -