Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39916733›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in oral health2025

Income-related inequalities in the prevalence of dental pain intensity in adults: gender differences.

Carolina Veloso Lima, Alanna Barros de Arruda, Mayara Dos Santos Noronha, Aline Araujo Sampaio, Marise Fagundes Silveira, Andrea Maria Eleuterio de Barros Lima Martins, Raquel Conceição Ferreira, Aline Netto de Godoy, Daniela Marques da Silva Sousa, Patrick Pereira Garcia and 3 more

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in oral health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Carolina Veloso LimaDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Alanna Barros de ArrudaGraduate Program in Dentistry, University CEUMA, São Luís, Brazil.
Mayara Dos Santos NoronhaPiracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil.
Aline Araujo SampaioDental School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Marise Fagundes SilveiraHealth Science Programme, University of Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Brazil.
Andrea Maria Eleuterio de Barros Lima MartinsHealth Science Programme, University of Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Brazil.
Raquel Conceição FerreiraDental School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Aline Netto de GodoyDental Research Division, Guarulhos University, Guarulhos, Brazil.
Daniela Marques da Silva SousaGraduate Program in Dentistry, University CEUMA, São Luís, Brazil.
Patrick Pereira GarciaGraduate Program in Dentistry, University CEUMA, São Luís, Brazil.
Cyrene Piazera Silva CostaGraduate Program in Dentistry, University CEUMA, São Luís, Brazil.
João Gabriel Silva SouzaDental Research Division, Guarulhos University, Guarulhos, Brazil.
Bárbara Emanoele Costa OliveiraGraduate Program in Dentistry, University CEUMA, São Luís, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Dental pain is a multifactorial and unpleasant experience that negatively affects daily activities. Previous studies have shown that adults living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas showed higher dental pain prevalence. This study evaluated whether income inequalities are related to increased dental pain intensity among adults and identified differences between women and men. Methods: A probabilistic sample of adults was investigated, and income inequality was evaluated using the Gini Index. Dental pain intensity was recorded on a scale from 1-10 for those who experienced dental pain in the 6 months preceding the survey. The covariates were contextual (related to cities) and individual (related to individuals). Associations were investigated for the entire sample and stratified by gender using multilevel Poisson regression models. Results: Dental pain was reported by 41% of the included sample ( Conclusion: Thus, the contexts of income inequalities can contribute to more severe dental pain intensity among adults. Also, the findings suggest that income inequality does not modify the relationship between gender and dental pain intensity.

Indexed as

adultepidemiologicalhealth inequitiesoral healthtoothache

Identifiers

PMID39916733
PMCPMC11800115

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.