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March 19, 2026International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthOpen Access

Association of Individual and Contextual Factors for Protection from Dental Caries

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LZLívia Guimarães ZinaPRPriscila Almeida RODRIGUESDMDanúbia Aparecida de Miranda Matos

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Overview

Identifies factors protecting five-year-old children from dental caries, suggesting the need for equity-based policies.

Key Points

  • This research aims to identify individual and contextual factors that protect five-year-old children from dental caries.
  • Analyzed secondary data from the Minas Gerais Oral Health Survey.
  • Examined 1,193 five-year-old children and surveyed their parents or guardians.
  • Used logistic regression analysis to evaluate variables' associations with caries outcomes.
  • 50.5% of children in the sample were caries-free.
  • Factors such as white skin color and higher family income were linked to protection from dental caries.
  • Not visiting a dentist in the previous year was associated with reduced caries experience.

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Zina et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69bb92ae496e729e62980242https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph23030379
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