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A Systematic Review of Socioeconomic Indicators and Dental Caries in Adults
Increasing evidence suggests that socioeconomic factors may be associated with an increased risk of dental caries. To provide better evidence of the association between dental caries in adults and socioeconomic indicators, we evaluated the relation between these two conditions in a thorough review o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3509471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23202762 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9103540 |
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author | Costa, Simone M. Martins, Carolina C. Bonfim, Maria de Lourdes C. Zina, Lívia G. Paiva, Saul M. Pordeus, Isabela A. Abreu, Mauro H. N. G. |
author_facet | Costa, Simone M. Martins, Carolina C. Bonfim, Maria de Lourdes C. Zina, Lívia G. Paiva, Saul M. Pordeus, Isabela A. Abreu, Mauro H. N. G. |
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description | Increasing evidence suggests that socioeconomic factors may be associated with an increased risk of dental caries. To provide better evidence of the association between dental caries in adults and socioeconomic indicators, we evaluated the relation between these two conditions in a thorough review of the literature. Seven databases were systematically searched: Pubmed, Cochrane, Web of Science, Bireme, Controlled Trials, Clinical Trials and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. No restrictions were placed on the language or year of publication. The search yielded 41 studies for systematic review. Two independent reviewers screened the studies for inclusion, extracted data and evaluated quality using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. The following socioeconomic indicators were found: educational level, income, occupation, socio-economic status and the community index. These indicators were significantly associated with a greater occurrence of dental caries: the subject’s education, subject’s income, subject’s occupation and the Gini coefficient. A high degree of heterogeneity was found among the methods. Quality varied across studies. The criteria employed for socioeconomic indicators and dental caries should be standardized in future studies. The scientific evidence reveals that educational level, income, occupation and the Gini coefficient are associated with dental caries. |
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spelling | pubmed-35094712012-11-29 A Systematic Review of Socioeconomic Indicators and Dental Caries in Adults Costa, Simone M. Martins, Carolina C. Bonfim, Maria de Lourdes C. Zina, Lívia G. Paiva, Saul M. Pordeus, Isabela A. Abreu, Mauro H. N. G. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Increasing evidence suggests that socioeconomic factors may be associated with an increased risk of dental caries. To provide better evidence of the association between dental caries in adults and socioeconomic indicators, we evaluated the relation between these two conditions in a thorough review of the literature. Seven databases were systematically searched: Pubmed, Cochrane, Web of Science, Bireme, Controlled Trials, Clinical Trials and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. No restrictions were placed on the language or year of publication. The search yielded 41 studies for systematic review. Two independent reviewers screened the studies for inclusion, extracted data and evaluated quality using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. The following socioeconomic indicators were found: educational level, income, occupation, socio-economic status and the community index. These indicators were significantly associated with a greater occurrence of dental caries: the subject’s education, subject’s income, subject’s occupation and the Gini coefficient. A high degree of heterogeneity was found among the methods. Quality varied across studies. The criteria employed for socioeconomic indicators and dental caries should be standardized in future studies. The scientific evidence reveals that educational level, income, occupation and the Gini coefficient are associated with dental caries. MDPI 2012-10-10 2012-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3509471/ /pubmed/23202762 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9103540 Text en © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Costa, Simone M. Martins, Carolina C. Bonfim, Maria de Lourdes C. Zina, Lívia G. Paiva, Saul M. Pordeus, Isabela A. Abreu, Mauro H. N. G. A Systematic Review of Socioeconomic Indicators and Dental Caries in Adults |
title | A Systematic Review of Socioeconomic Indicators and Dental Caries in Adults |
title_full | A Systematic Review of Socioeconomic Indicators and Dental Caries in Adults |
title_fullStr | A Systematic Review of Socioeconomic Indicators and Dental Caries in Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | A Systematic Review of Socioeconomic Indicators and Dental Caries in Adults |
title_short | A Systematic Review of Socioeconomic Indicators and Dental Caries in Adults |
title_sort | systematic review of socioeconomic indicators and dental caries in adults |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3509471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23202762 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9103540 |
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