[Racial inequity in oral health in Brazil].

Objective: To identify racial inequities in oral health between groups of adults selfdeclared as white, black, or mixed in Brazil.

Methods: Secondary data were obtained from the national oral health survey of the Brazilian population (SB-Brasil 2002-2003) database. Initially, a cross-sectional study was conducted to compare the following outcome variables: caries, tooth loss, pain of dental origin, and need for prostheses according to race/color in a sample of 12 811 adults of both sexes, aged 35 to 44 years.