TY - JOUR AB - Self-perceived oral health is affected not only by awareness of the clinical status but also by comparisons with people of a similar age. This study explored the relative contributions of clinical variables assessing caries, periodontal status, and prosthetic status to self-perceived oral health within two age groups. Data of 891 adults (35-44 yr of age) and 760 older people (65-74 yr of age) from the Fourth German Oral Health Study (DMS IV, 2005) were evaluated. Self-perceived oral health was obtained from questionnaires. Numbers of decayed, filled, and unreplaced teeth, mean attachment loss, bleeding on probing (BOP), the presence of a fixed denture, and the presence of a removable denture were assessed. Multinomial logistic regression models were developed for both age groups, separately, using stepwise methods. For adults, unreplaced teeth, filled teeth, decayed teeth, the presence of a removable denture, and mean attachment loss were added to the final model. For older people, the presence of a removable denture, unreplaced teeth, decayed teeth, mean attachment loss, filled teeth, and BOP were included in the final model. Awareness of the relative contributions of clinical variables to self-perceived oral health is important for obtaining a clearer understanding of patients' subjective and objective self-perceptions of oral health. AD - Unit of Periodontology, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Periodontology and Endodontology, University Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany. AN - 24495162 AU - Schützhold, Svenja AU - Holtfreter, Birte AU - Schiffner, Ulrich AU - Hoffmann, Thomas AU - Kocher, Thomas AU - Micheelis, Wolfgang DA - Apr DO - 10.1111/eos.12117 IS - 2 J2 - Eur J Oral Sci KW - Adult Caries German oral health study Older people Self-perceived oral health L1 - internal-pdf://0925055826/Schutzhold-2014-Clinical factors and self-perc.pdf N1 - Schutzhold, Svenja Holtfreter, Birte Schiffner, Ulrich Hoffmann, Thomas Kocher, Thomas Micheelis, Wolfgang eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2014/02/06 06:00 Eur J Oral Sci. 2014 Apr;122(2):134-41. doi: 10.1111/eos.12117. Epub 2014 Feb 5. PY - 2014 SN - 1600-0722 (Electronic) 0909-8836 (Linking) SP - 134-141 ST - Clinical factors and self-perceived oral health T2 - European Journal of Oral Sciences TI - Clinical factors and self-perceived oral health UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eos.12117/full VL - 122 ID - 1314 ER -