Factors associated with socioeconomic inequalities in the use of dental services among Brazilian older adults: an Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition analysis
Socioeconomic inequalities in recent and preventive use of dental services among older adults are mainly explained by the number of remaining teeth, but other demographic, oral health, and health service factors play a role.
Authors
- Glenda Auxiliadora Pereira Ribeiro Gomes
- Alexandra Crispim Boing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-4824)
- Matías Mrejen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2657-1445)
- Flávia Cristina Drumond Andrade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3856-3816)
- Doralice Severo da Cruz Teixeira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2894-3049)
- Carol C Guarnizo-Herreño (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-2671)
- Fabíola Bof de Andrade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3467-3989)
- José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3972-9723)
- Paola Carvajal Pavez
Institutions
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia (CO)
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (BR)
- Ministério da Saúde (BR)
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
- University of Chile (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Oral Health
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-025-06709-5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47
Funders
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico