Greater child dental health inequality in England compared to Wales and Northern Ireland, despite lower average disease levels
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Greater child dental health inequality in England compared to Wales and Northern Ireland, despite lower average disease levels. / Sofi-Mahmudi, Ahmad ; Moradi, Sara; Salomon Ibarra, Candy; Morris, John; Ravaghi, Vahid.
In: Community Dental Health, Vol. 37, No. 2, 06.2020, p. 138-142.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Greater child dental health inequality in England compared to Wales and Northern Ireland, despite lower average disease levels
AU - Sofi-Mahmudi, Ahmad
AU - Moradi, Sara
AU - Salomon Ibarra, Candy
AU - Morris, John
AU - Ravaghi, Vahid
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Introduction: Dental caries and inequalities in dental health are major public health concerns. Aim: To report variation in dental cariesexperience across deprivation quintiles and the magnitude of inequalities between countries. Design: Secondary analyses of cross-sectionaldata from the 2013 Child Dental Health Survey (CDHS) in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Materials and methods: Distributionof dental caries across deprivation quintiles were estimated using as proportions and means. The magnitude of inequalities was calculatedusing the Relative Index of Inequality (RII). Main outcomes: Dental caries experience as indicated by the prevalence (%dmft/DMFT>0)and severity (dmft/DMFT) of ‘obvious’ and ‘clinical’ decay experience in both primary and permanent dentitions. Results: Children frommore deprived quintiles showed higher prevalence and severity of dental caries. RIIs for dental caries were greater in England than Walesor Northern Ireland, indicating greater relative inequalities despite lower average dental caries experience. The prevalence and severity ofdental caries among the most deprived children in England were 1.7 to 3.7 times greater than those of the least deprived. Conclusion:There is a deprivation gradient in child dental caries in all three countries, with England showing the greatest inequalities.
AB - Introduction: Dental caries and inequalities in dental health are major public health concerns. Aim: To report variation in dental cariesexperience across deprivation quintiles and the magnitude of inequalities between countries. Design: Secondary analyses of cross-sectionaldata from the 2013 Child Dental Health Survey (CDHS) in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Materials and methods: Distributionof dental caries across deprivation quintiles were estimated using as proportions and means. The magnitude of inequalities was calculatedusing the Relative Index of Inequality (RII). Main outcomes: Dental caries experience as indicated by the prevalence (%dmft/DMFT>0)and severity (dmft/DMFT) of ‘obvious’ and ‘clinical’ decay experience in both primary and permanent dentitions. Results: Children frommore deprived quintiles showed higher prevalence and severity of dental caries. RIIs for dental caries were greater in England than Walesor Northern Ireland, indicating greater relative inequalities despite lower average dental caries experience. The prevalence and severity ofdental caries among the most deprived children in England were 1.7 to 3.7 times greater than those of the least deprived. Conclusion:There is a deprivation gradient in child dental caries in all three countries, with England showing the greatest inequalities.
KW - Dental caries
KW - Dental health surveys
KW - DMF index
KW - Socioeconomic status
KW - DMF Index
KW - Dental Health Surveys
KW - Dental Caries
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32212432
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085744462&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1922/CDH_00007Ravaghi05
DO - 10.1922/CDH_00007Ravaghi05
M3 - Article
VL - 37
SP - 138
EP - 142
JO - Community Dental Health
JF - Community Dental Health
SN - 0265-539X
IS - 2
ER -