The educational gradient in dental caries experience in Northern- Norway: a cross-sectional study from the seventh survey of the Tromsø study ...

• Main Authors: Moltubakk, Silje Navjord, Jönsson, Birgitta, Lukic, Marko, Stangvaltaite-Mouhat, Lina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: figshare 2024
• Subjects: Medicine; Biotechnology; Ecology; FOS: Biological sciences; Sociology; FOS: Sociology; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Science Policy; Northern Norway; Tromsø
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6896256.v1; https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/The_educational_gradient_in_dental_caries_experience_in_Northern-_Norway_a_cross-sectional_study_from_the_seventh_survey_of_the_Troms_study/6896256/1

Abstract Background Although, studies from Norway indicate a reduction in dental caries experience, in Northern-Norway this non-communicable oral condition is still prevalent. There is conflicting evidence of presence of social inequalities in dental caries in an adult population. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess an association between educational level and dental caries experience in adults in urban Tromsø municipality, Northern-Norway, using The World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) framework of health determinants. Methods Data from 3752 participants having recorded dental caries status and educational level in the seventh survey of the Tromsø Study: Tromsø7 were included. Dental status was examined clinically as decayed-, missing-, filled-teeth (DMFT score). For statistical analyses DMFT score was grouped into lower (DMFT < 19) and higher (DMFT ≥ 20). Educational level was obtained from a questionnaire and categorized as primary/partly ...