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ArticleCommunity dental health2022

Dominant Power and the Concept of Caste: Implications for Dentistry and Oral Health Inequality.

C Kearns, G Taylor, S Oberoi, E Mertz

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Article in Community dental health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

C KearnsUniversity of California, San Francisco.
G TaylorUniversity of California, San Francisco.
S OberoiUniversity of California, San Francisco.
E MertzUniversity of California, San Francisco.

Funding

Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Policies to Reduce Sugar Consumption for Dental Caries PreventionK08DE028947 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KEARNS, CRISTIN ELIZABETH · 2020 to 2024
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper explores the issues of caste and casteism in the U.S. as described by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson in her 2020 book "Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents". Wilkerson argues that a caste system not only exists in the U.S. but operates as a hidden force affecting social inequality. The paper draws on Wilkerson's work to explore caste as an analytical concept. It begins by defining caste and casteism in contrast with racism, the eight pillars of a caste system, the consequences of casteism, and the psychological drivers of casteism. The paper then applies to concept of caste to understanding power, dentistry, and oral health inequality. The paper concludes by emphasizing that the concept of caste and its relationship to oral health inequality must be understood it if we want to create real social change.

Indexed as

DentistryHealth Status DisparitiesOral HealthSocial ClassHumansRacismSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesDental SocietiesDentistsOral HealthRacism

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PMID35543466
PMCPMC9156562

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