Trajectories of social class and adult self-perceived oral health.

Objectives: To determine the effect of social mobility on self-perceived oral health (SPOH) by: (i)characterizing patterns of social mobility from birth to adulthood and (ii)assessing their influence on SPOH among British adults.

Methods: A secondary data analysis of the 1970 British Cohort Study. Data were collected at birth and at 5, 10, 16, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42 and 46 years of age.

Prevalence and severity of periodontal disease in the host community and Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh.

Objectives: To assess the prevalence and severity of periodontal disease of the Rohingya refugees and host community in Bangladesh.

Methods: An unpublished pilot was conducted for the sample size calculation. Two-stage cluster sampling method was used to select 50 participants from refugee camps and 50 from the host community.

Education mediates the relationship of parental socioeconomic status with subjective adult oral health.

Background: Evidence shows that both socioeconomic status (SES) during childhood and education are associated with adult oral health. However, whether the range of opportunities families have regarding their children's education mediate the effect of childhood disadvantage on oral health later in life remains unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the mediating role of education in the association between parental SES and subjective oral health status in middle adulthood.

The intersections of socioeconomic position, gender, race/ethnicity and nationality in relation to oral conditions among American adults.

Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate how gender, socioeconomic position (SEP), race/ethnicity and nationality intersect to structure social inequalities in adult oral health among American adults.

Methods: Data from adults aged 20 years or over who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2009-2018 were analysed. The outcomes were poor self-rated oral health and edentulism among all adults (n = 24 541 and 21 446 participants, respectively) and untreated caries and periodontitis among dentate adults (n = 16 483 and 9829 participants, respectively).

Is social origin, destination or mobility what matters to adult self-rated oral health?

Objectives: To evaluate the independent contributions of parental socioeconomic position (SEP), own SEP and social mobility to explain adult self-rated oral health.

Methods: Data from 6633 participants in the 1970 British Cohort Study were analysed. Parental SEP at the age of 10 years (social origin) and own SEP at the age of 46 years (social destination) were indicated by the 7-class National Statistics Socioeconomic Classification (NS-SEC).

The Intersections of Ethnicity, Nativity Status and Socioeconomic Position in Relation to Periodontal Status: A Cross-Sectional Study in London, England.

The role of migration as a social determinant of periodontitis has been overlooked. Intersectionality theory could help understand how immigration status interacts with other social determinants of health to engender inequalities in periodontitis. The objective of the present study was to evaluate whether ethnicity, nativity status and socioeconomic position intersect to structure social inequalities in periodontal status.

Intragenerational social mobility and self-rated oral health in the british cohort study.

Background: Most studies on social mobility and oral health have focused on movement between generations (intergenerational mobility) rather than movement within an individual's own lifetime (intragenerational mobility). The aim of this study was to investigate the association between intragenerational social mobility from early to middle adulthood and self-rated oral health.

Methods: This study used data from 6524 participants of the 1970 British Birth Cohort Study, an ongoing population-based birth cohort of individuals born in England, Scotland and Wales.

Ethnic differences in treatment preferences among adults in East London.

Aim To explore ethnic differences in treatment preferences among adults.Methods A sample of 1,764 adults from ten ethnic groups were recruited from the adult population in Outer North East London using stratified multistage random sampling. Treatment preferences for a front tooth, a back tooth and an aching back tooth were collected via questionnaires.

Is grandparents' social class associated with adult grandchildren's oral health? Analysis of two British cohorts.

Objectives: No studies have taken a multigenerational approach to the study of oral health inequalities. This study investigated whether grandparents' social class was associated with adult grandchildren's oral health.

Methods: Data from the 1958 National Child and Development Study (NCDS) and the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS) were analysed.

Socioeconomic inequalities in adult oral health across different ethnic groups in England.

Background: Ethnic inequalities in oral health among British adults remain largely unexplored. This study explored the role of socioeconomic position (SEP) in explaining ethnic inequalities in oral health; and the consistency of socioeconomic inequalities in oral health across ethnic groups.

Methods: Data from 45,599 adults, aged 16 years and over, who participated in the Health Survey for England were pooled across 5 years.

Racial Discrimination and Uptake of Dental Services among American Adults.

This study examined the relationship between racial discrimination and use of dental services among American adults. We used data from the 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a health-related telephone cross-sectional survey of a nationally representative sample of adults in the United States. Racial discrimination was indicated by two items, namely perception of discrimination while seeking healthcare within the past 12 months and emotional impact of discrimination within the past 30 days.

Ethnicity, migration status and dental caries experience among adults in East London.

Objective: To assess the interrelationship between ethnicity, migration status and dental caries experience among adults in East London.

Methods: We analysed data from 1910 adults (16-65 years) representing 9 ethnic groups, who took part in a community-based health survey in East London. Participants completed a supervised questionnaire and were clinically examined by trained dentists.

Oral impacts on quality of life and problem-oriented attendance among South East London adults.

Background: Dental care seeking behaviour is often driven by symptoms. The value of oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) measures to predict utilisation of dental services is unknown. This study aims to explore the association between OHRQoL and problem-oriented dental attendance among adults.

Ethnic inequalities in periodontal disease among British adults.

Aim: To explore ethnic inequalities in periodontal disease among British adults, and the role of socioeconomic position (SEP) in those inequalities.

Methods: We analysed data on 1925 adults aged 16-65 years, from the East London Oral Health Inequality (ELOHI) Study, which included a random sample of adults living in an ethnically diverse and socially deprived area. Participants completed a questionnaire and were clinically examined for the number of teeth with periodontal pocket depth (PPD)≥4 mm and loss of attachment (LOA)≥4 mm.

Ethnic inequalities in dental caries among adults in East London.

Background: This study explored ethnic inequalities in dental caries among adults and assessed the role of socioeconomic position (SEP) in explaining those inequalities.

Methods: We analysed data on 2013 adults aged 16-65 years, from the East London Oral Health Inequality (ELOHI) Study, which included a random sample of adults and children living in East London in 2009-10. Participants completed a questionnaire and were clinically examined for dental caries at home.

The association of depression and anxiety with dental caries and periodontal disease among Finnish adults.

Objective: To explore the association of depression and anxiety with two oral health outcomes, dental caries and periodontal disease and assess possible mediators for any of the associations.

Methods: Secondary analysis of the Finnish Health 2000 Survey. Depression was assessed with Beck's Depression Inventory and anxiety with Composite International Diagnostic Interview.

Income gradients in oral health according to child age.

This study aimed to confirm whether the well-known income disparities in oral health seen over the life course are indeed absent in 9- to 11-yr-old children, and to explore the role of access to dental care in explaining the age-profile of the income gradient in child oral health. We used data from the 2007 United States National Survey of Children's Health. Income gradients in parental reports of children's decayed teeth or cavities, toothache, broken teeth, bleeding gums, and fair/poor condition of teeth were assessed in stratified analyses according to age of child (1-5, 6-8, 9-11, 12-14, and 15-17 yr), using survey logistic regression to control for family-, parental-, and child-level covariates.

Graduates' satisfaction with and attitudes towards a master programme in dental public health.

Background: Monitoring graduates' views of their learning experiences is important to ensure programme standards and further improvement. This study evaluated graduates' satisfaction with and attitudes towards a Master programme in Dental Public Health.

Methods: An online questionnaire was sent to individuals who completed successfully the Master of Science programme in Dental Public Health at King's College London Dental Institute and had a valid email address.

Intergenerational mobility and adult oral health in a British cohort.

Objectives: This study aimed to characterize trajectories of intergeneration mobility from birth to age 33 years and to assess the influence of these trajectories on adult oral health.

Methods: Repeated data on occupational social class (birth and 7, 11, 16, 23 and 33 years) and two subjective oral health indicators (lifetime and past-year prevalence of persistent trouble with gums or mouth) measured at age 33 years, from the 1958 National Child Development Study, were used for this analysis. Latent class growth analysis (LCGA) was used to identify different trajectories of exposure to manual social class over time.

Daily smoking and 4-year caries increment in Finnish adults.

Objectives: Although the harmful effects of smoking on periodontal disease and oral cancer are now indisputable, its effect on dental caries is less well known. This study assessed whether daily smoking predicts caries increment in adults over 4 years.

Methods: Data from 955 adults who participated in both the Health 2000 Survey and the Follow-Up Study of Finnish Adults' Oral Health were analysed.

Impact of malocclusion on the quality of life of Saudi children.

Objective: To assess the relationship between malocclusion severity and quality of life in children.

Materials And Method: Two hundred and seventy-eight children aged 11 to 14 years were recruited voluntarily from the Dental and Maxillofacial Centre of the Almana General Hospital in Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia. The children were asked to fill out the Arabic version of the Child Perception Questionnaire for 11- to 14-year-old children (CPQ11-14) and were then clinically examined to determine the severity of their malocclusion using the Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI).

Childhood stunting and caries increment in permanent teeth: a three and a half year longitudinal study in Peru.

Background: Malnutrition has been consistently associated with caries in primary teeth, although an effect on permanent teeth has not been established because of the few longitudinal studies.

Aim: To explore the association between stunting and caries increment in permanent teeth over 3.5 years.

Poverty, social exclusion and dental caries of 12-year-old children: a cross-sectional study in Lima, Peru.

Background: Socioeconomic differences in oral health have been reported in many countries. Poverty and social exclusion are two commonly used indicators of socioeconomic position in Latin America. The aim of this study was to explore the associations of poverty and social exclusion with dental caries experience in 12-year-old children.

Influence of host-related risk indicators on dental caries in permanent dentition.

The aim of this study was to assess the individual and grouped influence of host-related factors on dental caries experience in permanent dentition of 7-9 year-old children. One hundred and twenty one children were recruited applying a stratified cluster sampling without replacement. Clinical examinations, Colorimetric Test and non-stimulated and stimulated saliva collection were performed; the samples obtained were later incubated using Snyder culture medium.