教育水平对牙脱落和牙的影响:系统性审查
Jeenarak Duangsuwan1, Virat Hansrani2, Konstantinos Michalakis2
1Department of Restorative Sciences and Biomaterials, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston MA, USA; Faculty of Dentistry, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.
British dental journal
|February 6, 2026
概括
较低的教育程度显著增加了成年人牙损失的风险. 这一系统性审查强调了针对性公共卫生干预措施的必要性,以解决口腔健康差异.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 牙科研究 牙科研究
背景情况:
- 失去牙是一个重要的口腔健康问题,有多因素的原因.
- 社会经济因素,特别是教育,越来越多地被认为是健康结果的决定因素.
- 对于公共卫生政策来说,了解教育与牙损失的关联至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查和综合有关教育程度与成年人牙脱落之间的联系的证据.
- 量化低教育水平与牙损失风险增加之间的关系.
- 根据教育背景,识别面临更高牙损失风险的人群.
主要方法:
- 按照PRISMA指南,对PubMed进行系统的电子搜索.
- 包括对临床或自我报告的牙损失的成年人 (≥18岁) 的观察性研究 (2000-2022年).
- 使用纽卡斯尔-太华尺度进行质量评估;并未指定元分析,但报告了赔率比率.
主要成果:
- 包括15个国家的30项研究 (735,576人);90%是横截面,67%的质量低/中等.
- 小学教育或以下始终与更高的牙周病率 (OR 2-4.9),更少的剩余牙 (OR 1.2-5.8) 和更大的牙损失 (OR 1.2-2.1) 有关.
- 与较低的教育水平相比,大学学位显著降低了牙周病或牙损失的几率 (OR 0.3-0.75).
结论:
- 较低的教育程度与牙损失的增加密切相关.
- 研究结果支持制定基于证据的政策和针对弱势群体的有针对性的干预措施.
- 解决教育差异是减少口腔健康不平等的一个潜在策略.
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