• Internal medicine · Oct 2023

    Smoking, Serum Albumin and 25-hydroxy Vitamin D Levels, and Bone Mineral Density are Associated with Tooth Loss in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

    • Takeshi Mochizuki, Kentaro Hoshi, Koichiro Yano, Jun Koyama, Hirokazu Kukidome, Katsunori Ikari, and Ken Okazaki.
    • Department of Rheumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery, Kamagaya General Hospital, Japan.
    • Intern. Med. 2023 Oct 1; 62 (19): 282128252821-2825.

    AbstractObjectives This study investigated factors associated with tooth loss in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods A total of 429 patients with RA were enrolled in the study. We examined tooth loss and clinical data. Patients were classified into two groups: a group with tooth loss (tooth loss-positive group), and a group without tooth loss (tooth loss-negative group). Patients were included in the tooth loss-positive group if they had fewer remaining teeth than the number defined by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan to be the normal number teeth for that age and sex. Factors associated with tooth loss were analyzed by comparing the tooth loss-positive and loss-negative groups. Results The frequency of patients with tooth loss was 39.6%. The factors associated with tooth loss were smoking [odds ratio (OR) 1.638; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.165-2.302], serum levels of albumin (OR 0.325; 95% CI 0.149-0.707) and 25-hydroxy vitamin D (OR 0.947; 95% CI 0.915-0.980), and total hip T score (OR 0.713; 95% CI 0.535-0.950). Conclusion This study revealed that tooth loss is associated with smoking, serum levels of albumin and 25-hydroxy vitamin D, and the total hip T score in patients with RA. Our findings may help prevent tooth loss in patients with RA.

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