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老年人的口腔健康是老龄化社会中的重要健康问题。文章使用2011年“中国老年健康影响因素跟踪调查”（简称CLHLS调查）数据，以老年人牙齿缺失数量代表口腔健康，应用多变量统计分析方法，揭示中国老年群体的口腔健康与社会经济、健康行为、健康状况三组因素之间的关系，并特别关注健康行为的作用。研究发现，老年人口腔健康问题较为严重，而失牙程度与人口特征和健康行为高度相关。对于男女两性和不同经济社会地位的老年人来说，年龄是失牙的最重要影响因素，良好的口腔卫生习惯和少吃糖则是预防失牙的重要保护因素。研究结果提示，改变卫生习惯和饮食习惯在促进口腔健康中的作用十分重要。
노년인적구강건강시노령화사회중적중요건강문제。문장사용2011년“중국노년건강영향인소근종조사”（간칭CLHLS조사）수거，이노년인아치결실수량대표구강건강，응용다변량통계분석방법，게시중국노년군체적구강건강여사회경제、건강행위、건강상황삼조인소지간적관계，병특별관주건강행위적작용。연구발현，노년인구강건강문제교위엄중，이실아정도여인구특정화건강행위고도상관。대우남녀량성화불동경제사회지위적노년인래설，년령시실아적최중요영향인소，량호적구강위생습관화소흘당칙시예방실아적중요보호인소。연구결과제시，개변위생습관화음식습관재촉진구강건강중적작용십분중요。
Oral health of elderly people is an important health issue in aging socie~/. Using 2011 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevily Survey （CLHLS） data, this study explores relationships between older persons＇ oral health and three groups of factors, namely, social-economic, health behavior, and health related factors, using number of missing tooth as the representation of oral health. The study demonstrates that oral health of elderly in China is not satisfactory, and tooth loss is highly correlated with demographic factors and health behavior. While age is the most influential factor in tooth loss, oral hygiene plays a very important role, and less frequent sugar consumption is preventive against tooth loss, regardless of gender and other social-economic status. The findings imply that change in health behavior and diet habits could play a more protective role in oral health.