Childhood Socioeconomic Status Affects Dental Pain in Later Life.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with increased dental pain among children. Lower SES in childhood may also contribute to the experience of dental pain among older adults, regardless of the SES in later life. However, this association is still unclear.

Methods

We used cross-sectional data from the 2019 Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study using self-administrated questionnaires to investigate the causal mediating pathways between childhood SES and dental pain in later life using several SES variables collected at older age as potential mediators. A total of 21,212 physically and cognitively independent participants aged 65 y or older were included in the analysis. The dependent variable was experiencing dental pain during the past 6 mo. The independ

SUBMITTER: Yamamoto T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11894874 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature