Modifiable Factors Explain Socioeconomic Inequalities in Children's Dental Caries

Journal of Dental Research
Marco A PeresL G Do

Abstract

The aim of this article was to quantify socioeconomic inequalities in dental caries experience among Australian children and to identify factors that explain area-level socioeconomic inequalities in children's dental caries. We used data from the National Child Oral Health Survey conducted in Australia between 2012 and 2014 (n = 24,664). Absolute and relative indices of socioeconomic inequalities in the dental caries experience in primary and permanent dentition (decayed, missing, and filled surfaces [dmfs] and DMFS, respectively) were estimated. In the first stage, we conducted multilevel negative binomial regressions to test the association between area-level Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD) and dental caries experience (dmfs for 5- to 8-y-olds and DMFS for 9- to 14-y-olds) after adjustment for water fluoridation status, sociodemographics, oral health behaviors, pattern of dental visits, and sugar consumption. In the second stage, we performed Blinder-Oaxaca and Neumark decomposition analyses to identify factors that explain most of the area-level socioeconomic inequalities in dental caries. Children had a mean dmfs of 3.14 and a mean DMFS of 0.98 surfaces. Children living in the most disadva...Continue Reading

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Jun 26, 2020·Australian Dental Journal·Marco A Peres, Ratilal Lalloo
Oct 15, 2020·Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology·Rafael Aiello BomfimCesar de Oliveira
Jun 3, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Justyna Opydo-SzymaczekKarolina Gerreth
Jul 18, 2021·International Dental Journal·Rana Yawary, Shalika Hegde
Jul 29, 2021·JDR Clinical and Translational Research·X JuL M Jamieson

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