The shape of the socioeconomic–oral health gradient: implications for theoretical explanations

Sanders, Anne E.; Slade, Gary D.; Turrell, Gavin; Spencer, A. John; Marcenes, Wagner

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00286.x

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“…Nevertheless, an increasing body of research, mostly cross-sectional, indicates that SSS (measured as a ladder score) relates over and above objective SES markers to self-rated health (Franzini & FernandezEsquer, 2006;Hu et al, 2005;Operario, Adler, & Williams, 2004;Ostrove et al, 2000;SinghManoux, Marmot, & Adler, 2005), mental health (Franzini & Fernandez-Esquer, 2006;SinghManoux et al, 2005), heart rate and sleep latency (Adler, Epel, Castellazzo, & Ickovics, 2000), cortisol levels (Wright & Steptoe, 2005), and dental outcomes (Sanders, Slade, Turrell, Spencer, & Marcenes, 2006). Also, there is evidence that SSS relates to adolescent health (Goodman, Adler, Daniels, Morrison, Slap, & Dolan, 2003;Goodman, Adler, Kawachi, Frazier, Huang, & Colditz, 2001).…”

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Socioeconomic status and health: The role of subjective social status

Demakakos

Nazroo

Breeze

et al. 2008

Social Science & Medicine

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Studies have suggested that subjective social status (SSS) is an important predictor of health. This study examined the link between SSS and health in old age and investigated whether SSS mediated the associations between objective indicators of socioeconomic status and health. It used crosssectional data from the second wave (2004-05) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, which were collected through personal interviews and nurse visits. The study population consisted of 3368 men and 4065 women aged 52 years or older. The outcome measures included: self-rated health, long-standing illness, depression, hypertension, diabetes, central obesity, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, fibrinogen, and C-reactive protein. The main independent variable was SSS measured using a scale representing a 10-rung ladder. Wealth, education, and occupational class were employed as covariates along with age and marital status and also, in additional analyses, as the main independent variables. Gender-specific logistic and linear regression analyses were performed. In age-adjusted analyses SSS was related positively to almost all health outcomes. Many of these relationships remained significant after adjustment for covariates. In men, SSS was significantly (p≤0.05) related to self-rated health, depression, and long-standing illness after adjustment for all covariates, while its association with fibrinogen became non-significant. In women, after adjusting for all covariates, SSS was significantly associated with self-rated health, depression, long-standing illness, diabetes, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, but its associations with central obesity and C-reactive protein became non-significant. Further analysis suggested that SSS mediated fully or partially the associations between education, occupational class and self-reported and clinical health measures. On the contrary, SSS did not mediate wealth's associations with the outcome measures, except those with self-reported health measures. Our results suggest that SSS is an important correlate of health in old age, possibly because of its ability to epitomize life-time achievement and socioeconomic status.

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Socioeconomic status and health: The role of subjective social status

Demakakos

Nazroo

Breeze

et al. 2008

Social Science & Medicine

561

519

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“…[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Data indicated that the prevalence rate of PDD, worldwide, varied from 37% to 77%, depending on age of onset, oral hygiene, and other risk factors, underlying dental problems, smoking and diabetes. [21][22] …”

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“…Some researchers reported socio-economic inequalities were related to oral health loss. [15][16][17][18] The perceptions about dental disease of the respondents were 97.0% and only 3.0% respondent did not have idea about dental diseases.The respondents believe that improper cleaning of teeth and mouth 64.94%, taking of excessive sweets 21.64% and residual food in the oro-dental cavity 13.40% are responsible for dental diseases. Bad habit like mouth breathing 8.0%,tongue thrusting 1.0%, lip biting 3.0%, pencil biting 12.0% and Brushing 13.0% observed among the respondents.…”

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“…Bad habit like mouth breathing 8.0%,tongue thrusting 1.0%, lip biting 3.0%, pencil biting 12.0% and Brushing 13.0% observed among the respondents. Some study revealed that Dental and oral health are affected by diet and certain aspects of lifestyle [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] .…”

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“…Oral health problems have psychological, social, and economic consequences ranging from poor self-image, social isolation, and diminished work and academic capacity. 16 General Objectives: To find out the factors of oral health among the non-commissioned soldiers of Bangladesh Army attended the Dhaka CMH.…”

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Factors Affecting Oral Health in Non-Commissioned Soldiers of Bangladesh Army attended the Dhaka Combined Military Hospital

Saha¹,

Khan²,

Mamun³

et al. 2018

City Dent Coll J

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:Aims: A descriptive type of cross-sectional study was conducted comprising 100 non-commissioned soldiers of Bangladesh Army attended Dhaka combined military hospital (CMH) during January to July 2012, to find out the factors affecting their oral health. Materials and Methods:Data were collected by structured questionnaire. Collected data were compiled, tabulated, analyzed by computer using SPSS version 16.0.Results: Mean age of the respondents was 30.16±5.09 (range 20-41) years where about 60% were married.Most (91%) of themcompleted secondary school certificate. Eightypercent (80%) lived in barracks and 97% had idea about dental diseases and 3% had not.Of all, 73% respondents brushed their teeth once daily and 27%, twice daily.Majority(76%)respondents brushed their teeth at morning and the lowest 11% after breakfast and the rest (13%) brushed their teeth at bed time.Ninety nine percent(99%) respondents used tooth paste as cleaning materials and only 1% respondents used something else.In this study, 40.0% visited dentist once in a year, 17% twice in a year and 43% did never visit dentist without dental problem. Usually48% visited dental chamber for gum bleeding and only 1%visited for regular dental checkups. Among the respondents, 36% visited dental chamber for pain and 15% visited dental chamber for detection of dental caries by themselves. The notable bad habits were not observed among 84.0% of the respondents. A few respondents had smoking (6.0%), betel nut chewing (4.0%) and snuff dipping (3.0%)habits. Of all,63% of the respondents had swelling of gum and 37% had no swelling of gum. Presence and absence of calculus on the gingival margin were found 47% and 53%, respectively.In view of individual perspective,2DMFT had among 40.0% respondents, followed by 1DMFT, 29%, 4DMFT,12%, 3DMFT, 3.0% and 16% respondents had no DMFT. Conclusions:Overall findings suggest that the factors that affect the oral health were smoking, frequency of tooth brushing, having some bat habits and visit to dentist when dental symptoms such as bleeding gums or toothache occurred. Clinical factors included bleeding and swollen gums, toothache and caries.

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