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Contextual school performance, individual educational delay, income inequality and oral health among adolescents: A repeated cross-sectional study in Brazil, 2010 and 2023.

Community dental health · de Aquino Goulart M, Vettore MV, Ponce de Leon A, Celeste RK · 2026-07-24

Researchers compared Brazilian adolescents' oral health across 2010 and 2023, finding that school performance was associated with lower untreated decay and tooth loss in 2010 but not in 2023, despite overall educational improvements over the period.

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