Characterizing Socioeconomic Inequalities in Professionally Applied Topical Fluoride Treatment Courses in Schoolchildren from a Developing Country

• Published in: Journal of immigrant and minority health Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 351 - 359
• Main Authors: Villalobos-Rodelo, Juan José, Lucas-Rincón, Salvador Eduardo, Jimenez-Gayosso, Sandra Isabel, Hernández-Martínez, Cesar Tadeo, Márquez-Corona, María de Lourdes, Pontigo-Loyola, América Patricia, Medina-Solís, Carlo Eduardo, Maupomé, Gerardo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Age; Brushing; Caregivers; Child; Children; Comparative Law; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dependent variables; Developing Countries; Education; Fluoride treatments; Fluorides; Fluorides, Topical; Health disparities; Health insurance; Humans; Inequality; Insurance; International & Foreign Law; LDCs; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mothers; Multivariate analysis; Older children; Oral health; Original Paper; Parenthood education; Parents; Parents & parenting; Position indicators; Private International Law; Public Health; Social factors; Sociodemographics; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic status; Socioeconomics; Sociology; Teeth; Toothbrushing; Variables; Socioeconomic inequalities; Mexico; Schoolchildren; Fluoride application; Oral health

The objective of the present study was to characterize socioeconomic inequalities in the patterns of professionally applied topical fluoride (PATF) in Mexican schoolchildren. A cross-sectional study was carried out on 3029 Mexican schoolchildren. A questionnaire was administered to caregivers to det...