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Psychosocial properties of oral health have been reported. The present study aimed to investigate the causal effect of complete loss of natural teeth on loneliness by using fixed-effects analysis to control for confounding factors, including unmeasured time-invariant factors. Data from older adults participating in at least 2 consecutive waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing in waves 3 (2006/2007), 5 (2010/2011), and 7 (2014/2015) were analyzed (
Yusuke Matsuyama (Mon,) studied this question.