From victim blaming to upstream action: tackling the social determinants of oral health inequalities

RG Watt - Community dentistry and oral epidemiology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The persistent and universal nature of oral health inequalities presents a significant
challenge to oral health policy makers. Inequalities in oral health mirror those in general …

A global perspective on changes in the burden of caries and periodontitis: implications for dentistry

V Baelum, W van Palenstein Helderman… - Journal of oral …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The structure and contents of most oral health care systems and the contents of dental
curricula reflect a deep‐rooted tradition for attempting to cure oral diseases by refined …

[HTML][HTML] Enfermedades periodontales como un problema de salud pública: el desafío del nivel primario de atención en salud

P Carvajal - Revista clínica de periodoncia, implantología y …, 2016 - Elsevier
Durante el último tiempo existe consenso en que el abordaje de las enfermedades
periodontales debe ir acompañado de un enfoque en la salud pública, dado que se …

Integrating the common risk factor approach into a social determinants framework

RG Watt, A Sheiham - Community dentistry and oral …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The common risk factor approach (CRFA) has been highly influential in integrating oral
health into general health improvement strategies. However, dental policy makers and oral …

The interplay between socioeconomic inequalities and clinical oral health

J Steele, J Shen, G Tsakos, E Fuller… - Journal of dental …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Oral health inequalities associated with socioeconomic status are widely observed but may
depend on the way that both oral health and socioeconomic status are measured. Our aim …

Social gradients in oral and general health

W Sabbah, G Tsakos, T Chandola… - Journal of dental …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
There are social gradients in general health and oral health. However, there have been few
studies addressing whether similarities exist in the gradients in oral and general health in …

Ulcerative, vesicular, and bullous lesions

SB Woo, JF Setterfield, MS Greenberg - Burket's oral medicine, 2021 - books.google.com
Many ulcerative or vesiculobullous disease of the mouth have a similar clinical appearance.
The oral mucosa is thin, and even slight trauma leads to rupture of vesicles and bullae …

The role of health-related behaviors in the socioeconomic disparities in oral health

W Sabbah, G Tsakos, A Sheiham, RG Watt - Social science & medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
This study aimed to examine the socioeconomic disparities in health-related behaviors and
to assess if behaviors eliminate socioeconomic disparities in oral health in a nationally …

Income-related inequalities in dental service utilization by Europeans aged 50+

S Listl - Journal of dental research, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study was to describe income-related inequalities in dental service
utilization by the elderly populations residing in different European countries. We used data …

Reflections on oral health inequalities: Theories, pathways and next steps for research priorities

G Tsakos, RG Watt… - … Dentistry and Oral …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Health inequalities, including those in oral health, are a critical problem of social injustice
worldwide, while the COVID‐19 pandemic has magnified previously existing inequalities …