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Low income vs High family income

Severe early childhood caries · Children aged 5-6 years in Ajman schools

Low family income was associated with higher odds of severe early childhood caries.

1 finding from 1 review

Oral Health of Children and Adolescents in the United Arab Emirates: A Systematic Review of the Past Decade. 2021 All outcomes
Overall
OR 1.43 [1.11, 1.85]
1 study · 1036 participants
GRADE not reported

Low income vs High family income

Poor oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) · Children aged 3-12 years

Children from low-income families had higher odds of poor OHRQoL (OR 1.16, 95% CI 1.11-1.21; 4 studies; ungraded).

1 finding from 1 review

The Association of Oral Health Status, demographic characteristics and socioeconomic determinants with Oral… 2020 All outcomes
Upper-middle-income country (Brazil); studies 2010-2014
OR 1.16 [1.11, 1.21]
4 studies
GRADE not reported

Lower family socioeconomic status / income vs Higher socioeconomic position

Dental caries · Healthy children and adolescents in the United Arab Emirates

Evidence on socioeconomic status/income and caries was inconsistent: some studies linked lower income to higher caries while others found no association (narrative synthesis; not GRADE-rated).

1 finding from 1 review

Oral Health of Children and Adolescents in the United Arab Emirates: A Systematic Review of the Past Decade. 2021 All outcomes
UAE; schools (Ajman, Dubai)
Findings were contradictory. Hashim et al. found children from low-income families had higher odds of severe early childhood caries (OR 1.43, 95% CI 1.11-1.85), and Ahmad et al. reported significantly higher DMFT in…
Studies not reported
GRADE not reported

Sociodemographic / socioeconomic factors (single-parent family, low parental education, family income, socioeconomic status) vs Absence of the factor / reference socioeconomic category

Caries increment in permanent teeth · School children and adolescents (6-18 years) followed from primary dentition (baseline examination before 72 months of age)

Evidence on the association between sociodemographic/socioeconomic factors and permanent-teeth caries is weak and inconsistent (3 studies; could not be pooled; not GRADE-rated).

1 finding from 1 review

Does Early Childhood Caries Increase Caries Development among School Children and Adolescents? A Systematic Review and… 2022 All outcomes
Cohort studies (Norway, China, Brazil)
Inconsistent findings across studies; meta-analysis could not be performed as data could not be extracted. Single-parent family and low parental education were significant in one study (Saethre-Sundli 2020); higher…
3 studies
GRADE not reported

Lower family socioeconomic status / income vs Higher socioeconomic position

Periodontitis and allostatic load · US adults in NHANES 1999-2004

Allostatic load increased the probability of periodontitis and the association varied by race/ethnicity.

1 finding from 1 review

Social-Biological Interactions in Oral Disease: A 'Cells to Society' View. 2016 All outcomes
United States · Race/ethnicity
no estimate extracted
1 study
GRADE not reported