Association of dental caries experience with individual and contextual variables in Brazilian children

Conclusions: There is an impact of social determinants on health at individual level but only the IDSUS contextual variable was associated with dmft. Are necessary development public policies to deal with caries with a focus on these determinants?

Source: European Journal of General Dentistry - August 25, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Valeria Silva Candido Brizon Gabriela Christiel Soto Rojas Glaucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano Luciane Miranda Guerra Antonio Carlos Pereira Source Type: research