Determinants of dental prosthetic treatment need: A birth cohort study.

Luiz Alexandre Chisini Hugo Ramalho Sarmento Kaue Farias Collares Bernardo Lessa Horta Flavio Fernando Demarco Marcos Britto Corrêa

Published in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology (2020)

Our findings demonstrate that the need for dental prosthesis from 24 to 31 years old was determined by trajectories of exposure during the life cycle, reinforcing that tackling socioeconomic inequalities at any stage of life can have an effect on an individual's oral health.

Keyphrases

oral health
life cycle
depressive symptoms