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Intersections Between Skin Color, Sex and Income in Oral Health Disparities: A Population-Based Assessment of Brazilian Adults.

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · da Silva Rios É, Fagundes MLB, Knorst JK, Emmanuelli B, Ardenghi TM, do Amaral Giordani JM, do Amaral Júnior OL · 2026-07-30

Researchers examined how sex, skin colour, and income together affect dental service use and tooth loss among Brazilian adults, finding that low income was the strongest factor driving disparities, with particularly high tooth loss rates among low-income White women.

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