Data detailed in ‘Racial/ethnic variations in associations between socioeconomic factors and tooth loss’ have been presented (see also <http://www.newsrx.com/library/topics/Tooth-Loss.html> Tooth Loss). In this recently published study, investigators in the United States conducted a study “To compare the associations between socioeconomic factors and tooth loss among White, Black, and Mexican-American people. Analyses were conducted on 16,821 adults, using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-III.”

“Age-and multivariate-adjusted negative binomial regressions were used to explore the relation of socioeconomic factors, region of residence, gender, and foreign birth with the number of missing teeth. Effect modification by race/ethnicity was assessed by the inclusion of interaction terms. In multivariate-adjusted analyses, non-Hispanic White people with 9-12 years of education exhibited 71% higher mean number of missing teeth than those with >12 years of education [incidence rate ratio (IRR)=1.71, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.52-1.92]. Education was unrelated to the number of teeth among non-Hispanic Black people (IRR=1.16; 95% CI: 1.00-1.35) or Mexican-Americans (IRR=1.10, 95% CI: 0.93-1.31). The poorest White people exhibited 39% more missing teeth, on average, than the most affluent White people, but no association between poverty and number of teeth was observed among Black or Mexican-American people. The associations between socioeconomic factors and tooth loss vary across race/ethnicity,” wrote M. Jimenez and colleagues, Harvard University.

The researchers concluded: “This suggests that the health benefits associated with high socioeconomic status are not equally shared across racial/ethnic groups.”

Jimenez and colleagues published their study in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology (Racial/ethnic variations in associations between socioeconomic factors and tooth loss. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 2009;37(3):267-75)
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