Mapping the barriers and facilitators of oral healthcare access for vulnerable migrants across high-income countries: a scoping review
We identified barriers and facilitators to oral healthcare access across personal, behavioural, social, and structural levels, contextualised within the SDH framework. Addressing these requires policies and practices that address structural barriers, integrate OH into national public health strategies, and emphasise inclusive, culturally competent care to improve access to OH services for these groups.
Authors
- Manish Pareek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1521-9964)
- Luisa Silva
- Pip Divall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9015-3224)
- Holly Reilly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8984-3802)
- Zainab Lal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1671-5783)
- Harriet Walter
- Mayuri Gogoi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3355-4259)
- Rebecca F. Baggaley
- Nadia Alam
Institutions
- University of Leicester (GB)
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (GB)
- University of Warwick (GB)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BDJ Open
- Published
- 2026-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41405-026-00398-0
- Primary Topic
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00