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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Greater inequalities in dental treatment than in disease experience |
Author: | Mejia, G. Jamieson, L. Ha, D. Spencer, A. |
Citation: | Journal of Dental Research, 2014; 93(10):966-971 |
Publisher: | Sage Publications |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
ISSN: | 0022-0345 1544-0591 |
Statement of Responsibility: | G. Mejia, L.M. Jamieson, D. Ha, A.J. Spencer |
Abstract: | This study aimed to (1) describe social gradients in dental caries in a population-level survey and (2) examine whether inequalities are greater in disease experience or in its treatment. Using data from Australia's National Survey of Adult Oral Health 2004-2006, we examined absolute and relative income inequalities for DMFT and its separate components (DT, MT, FT) using adjusted proportions, means, and health disparity indices [Slope Index of Inequality (SII) and Relative Index of Inequality (RII)]. Approximately 90% of Australian adults had experienced caries, with prevalence ranging from 89.7% in the highest to 96.6% in the lowest income group. Social gradients in caries were evident across all components of DMFT, but particularly notable in Missing (SII = -15.5, RII = -0.3) and untreated Decay (SII = -23.7, RII = -0.9). Analysis of age- and gender-adjusted data indicated less variation in levels of disease experienced (DMFT) than in the health outcomes of its management (missing teeth). The findings indicate that social gradients for dental caries have a greater effect on how the disease was treated than on lifetime disease experience. |
Keywords: | social differentials dental caries Absolute Concentration Index Slope Index of Inequality Relative Concentration Index Relative Index of Inequality |
Rights: | © 2014 by International & American Associations for Dental Research |
DOI: | 10.1177/0022034514545516 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/299060 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/349514 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/349537 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022034514545516 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Dentistry publications |
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