Differential effect of social mobility on tooth loss by race in adulthood: 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study.
Maria Júlia Gonçalves de MelloHelena Silveira SchuchFlavio Fernando DemarcoBernardo Lessa HortaLuisa N BorrellRoger Keller CelesteMarcos Britto CorrêaPublished in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology (2024)
The findings suggest a higher prevalence of at least one tooth lost among people in the downward mobile SEP group and Black/Brown people. Greater racial inequity was found among Black/Brown people who had never experienced episodes of poverty, with Black/Brown people having a greater prevalence of at least one tooth lost than their white counterparts.