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July 15, 2026Community Dentistry And Oral EpidemiologyOpen Access

Socioeconomic Factors, Dental Service Use and Clusters of Oral Health Conditions in Brazilian Five‐Year‐Old Children

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PCPedro Henrique DuarteFrança de CastroMRMaria Augusta Bessa RebeloMVMário Vianna Vettore

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Overview

Randomized trial investigates links between socioeconomic factors, dental service use, and oral health in children, suggesting significant social patterns.

Key Points

  • This research aims to explore how sociodemographic characteristics and dental service utilization impact clusters of oral health conditions in five-year-old Brazilian children.
  • Analyzed secondary data from 4,354 five-year-old children through the Brazilian National Oral Health Survey (SB Brasil 2023).
  • Evaluated associations between sociodemographic variables and oral health outcomes using multinomial regression analysis.
  • Conducted Latent Profile Analysis to identify clusters of oral health conditions.
  • Identified four distinct clusters linked to varying levels of dental caries and perceived oral health.
  • Clusters associated with poor family income and lower maternal education contained higher rates of dental caries (24.9% and 9.9%).
  • Clustered groups with significant oral health needs were more likely to have never visited a dentist and reported poorer experiences with dental services.

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Castro et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a57239488b21df8754804abhttps://doi.org/10.1111/cdoe.70093
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