Impact of water fluoridation on dental caries decline across racial and income subgroups of Brazilian adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of community water fluoridation (CWF) on differences in dental caries decline across racial and socioeconomic subgroups of Brazilian adolescents.

Methods

Two nationwide Brazilian population-based oral health surveys were used (Brazilian Oral Health Survey 2003 and 2010). In total, 7,198 adolescents from 15 years to 19 years old living in 50 cities investigated in both surveys were included. The mean numbers of untreated decayed teeth (DT) according to racial (Whites vs. Browns/Blacks) and socioeconomic subgroups (at or above the minimum wage per capita vs. under) were analysed. Difference-in-differences negative binomial regressions were adjusted by schooling, age, and sex. Decayed, missing, and filled teeth and DT pr

SUBMITTER: Bomfim RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9016390 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature