Fukai Institute of Health Science, Saitama 341-003, Japan.
Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2009 Dec;9(4):366-71. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2009.00547.x.
Oral function influences various general health and organ diseases. We wondered if physical complaints of unknown origin were related to oral function.
Five thousand five hundred and eighty-four community residents (2206 men and 3378 women, aged 40-89 years) on the Miyako Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, were recruited for the baseline study in 1987 and followed up for 15 years. Physical complaints and functional tooth numbers were assessed for the baseline study in 1987 by dentists and followed up for 15 years. Physical complaints of unknown origin included shoulder stiffness, lower back pain, pain of upper extremity, pain of lower extremity, neuralgia, ear ringing, difficult of hearing, dizziness and sleeping difficulties.
Physical complaints were significantly associated with functional tooth number in the baseline study. There were no systematic differences between physical complaints and functional tooth number among different age groups. Physical complaints did not influence the survival rates in either men or women.
Oral function may be related to physical complaints. Dental care may be one of the targets to treat these physical complaints of unknown origin.
口腔功能会影响各种整体健康和器官疾病。我们想知道是否有不明原因的身体不适与口腔功能有关。
在日本冲绳县宫古岛招募了 5584 名社区居民（男性 2206 名，女性 3378 名，年龄 40-89 岁）参加 1987 年的基线研究，并随访了 15 年。1987 年，由牙医对基线研究中的身体不适和功能牙数进行评估，并随访了 15 年。不明原因的身体不适包括肩部僵硬、下腰痛、上肢疼痛、下肢疼痛、神经痛、耳鸣、听力困难、头晕和睡眠困难。
身体不适与基线研究中的功能牙数显著相关。在不同年龄组之间，身体不适与功能牙数之间没有系统差异。身体不适并不影响男性或女性的生存率。
口腔功能可能与身体不适有关。口腔护理可能是治疗这些不明原因身体不适的目标之一。
