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ArticleAdvances in dental research2026

Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Intersectionality in Oral Health Care.

G H Soares, C L Randall, D Haag, B Poirier, G G Nascimento, L Jamieson

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Article in Advances in dental research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

G H SoaresAustralian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Adelaide Dental School, The University of Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6122-4399
C L RandallUniversity of Washington School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5061-7450
D HaagAustralian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Adelaide Dental School, The University of Adelaide, Australia.
B PoirierAustralian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Adelaide Dental School, The University of Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8257-6104
G G NascimentoNational Dental Research Institute Singapore, National Dental Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-4288-6300
L JamiesonAustralian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, Adelaide Dental School, The University of Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9839-9280

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study uses an intersectional framework to examine how race, gender, and sexual orientation jointly influence access to dental care in the United States. Leveraging cross-sectional data from the All of Us Research Program, we applied multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy to assess disparities in dental service use and affordability across 30 intersectional strata. Results showed substantial inequities, with racialized, gender-diverse, and sexual minority individuals facing greater barriers to care. While most disparities were explained by additive effects, the findings highlight the importance of intersectionality in revealing how layered disadvantage shapes oral health outcomes. This study contributes to a more nuanced understanding of oral health equity by integrating gender and sexual orientation into intersectional health research.

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Dental CareHealthcare DisparitiesHealth Services AccessibilityOral HealthSexual and Gender MinoritiesSexual BehaviorAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSex FactorsUnited StatesYoung Adultequitygender identityhealthcare disparitieshealth inequitiesintersectional frameworksexual and gender minorities

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PMID41417486
PMCPMC12717284

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