Slum / urban-disadvantaged setting vs Non-slum urban / general-urban / national population
Use of toothbrush and toothpaste for mouth cleaning · Adult residents of slums and non-slum urban settings of LMICs
Toothbrush/paste is the commonest cleaning method but is used less in slum/disadvantaged/rural groups than urban/non-slum groups; ungraded.
1 finding from 1 review
- Systematic review of oral health in slums and non-slum urban settings of Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs):… 2024 All outcomesCross-sectional · Urban slums and non-slum/general-urban settings, LMICs · Slum/disadvantaged/rural vs non-slum/urbanEleven studies addressed practices; toothbrush and toothpaste were the commonest cleaning method but their use was lower among slum/disadvantaged/rural groups than non-slum/urban groups (e.g., Osuh 78% slum vs 94%…11 studiesGRADE not reported