Some Older Adults More Than Three Times as Likely to Lose All of Their Teeth

More than 1 in 3 adults aged 65 or older who were:

• low-income
• had less than a high school education
• currently smoking cigarettes

lost all of their teeth

Percentage of adults aged 65 or older missing all of their teeth, 2011-2016

• low-income 34% compared to higher-income 11%
• less than HS education 35% compared to more than HS education 9%
• currently smoking cigarettes 43% compared to never smoked cigarettes 12%

They were more than 3x as likely to lose all of their teeth as the comparison groups.