Meisel P, et al. - Researchers evaluated the suitability of self-reported oral health status to predict 5- and 10-year tooth loss without involvement of any clinical measures. Reliable predictions comparable to those assessed by clinical diagnostics were provided by the self-reported oral health. Findings suggested the comparability of the predictive value of oral health ratings for tooth loss to that of the CDC/AAP case definition or caries and periodontitis diagnostics. Odds ratios for dichotomous tooth loss associated with rating of oral health as poor in regression analyses including age, sex, smoking, education, income, and further items collected from questionnaires were 3.04 and 2.80 after 5 and 10 years, respectively.