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Conclusions for this study are that periodontitis varies across contextual socio-demographic groups being higher in the population with a lower SES, challenging health authorities to integrate oral health into national non-communicable diseases programs.
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The methodology of nanalysis makes it possible to demonstrate that the social structure has an impact on periodontal disease by modifying individual socioeconomic situations: in a better socioeconomic context, the NBI acts to increase the protective role of the socioeconomic situation, but in a context of poverty, the paper dims
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Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long standing collaborations. The analysis methodology makes it possible to show that the social structure has an impact on periodontal disease by modifying individual socioeconomic situations: in a better socioeconomic context, the NBI acts to increase the protective role of the socioeconomic situation, but in a context of poverty, the protective paper is attenuated.
PhD in Medical Sciences Ramón Álvarez-Vaz
Universidad de la Republica Uruguay
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This page is a summary of: The role of contextual and individual factors on periodontal disease in Uruguayan adults, Brazilian Oral Research, July 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO),
DOI: 10.1590/1807-3107bor-2018.vol32.0062.
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