Socioeconomic status, oral health and dental disease in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States

• Main Authors: Gloria C. Mejia (Author), Hawazin W. Elani (Author), Sam Harper (Author), W. Murray Thomson (Author), Xiangqun Ju (Author), Ichiro Kawachi (Author), Jay S. Kaufman (Author), Lisa M. Jamieson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Socioeconomic inequalities are associated with oral health status, either subjectively (self-rated oral health) or objectively (clinically-diagnosed dental diseases). The aim of this study is to compare the magnitude of socioeconomic inequality in oral health and dental disease a...