Oral Health Inequalities

Oral health professionals have nowadays to emphasize prevention, and the promotion of health and preservation of sound teeth rather than counting the number of lesions and/or the extend of the disease. However, social inequalities in oral health are observable regardless of the population, social classification, measures of oral health, and the level of severity of the pathology. Inequalities exist because of socially determined differences in opportunity, behaviours, and exposure to factors which determine oral health