Cynthia Pine1, Girvan Burnside, Rebecca Craven. 1. Department of Clinical Dental Sciences, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry, Liverpool, UK. cmpine@liverpool.ac.uk
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether variations in child dental health of children from different ethnic groups could be explained by material deprivation. METHOD: Using BASCD coordinated survey data of dental health of five-year-old children in Bury and Rochdale PCT, the mean dmft adjusted for deprivation was compared between white and Asian children. RESULT: Children from Asian families have significantly poorer dental health than their white peers and this major health inequality is present over and above any impacts due to material deprivation. CONCLUSION: These data highlight the value of the overview provided by the UK survey programmes and the need for detailed local studies.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether variations in child dental health of children from different ethnic groups could be explained by material deprivation. METHOD: Using BASCD coordinated survey data of dental health of five-year-old children in Bury and Rochdale PCT, the mean dmft adjusted for deprivation was compared between white and Asian children. RESULT: Children from Asian families have significantly poorer dental health than their white peers and this major health inequality is present over and above any impacts due to material deprivation. CONCLUSION: These data highlight the value of the overview provided by the UK survey programmes and the need for detailed local studies.