title: The impact of gender on caries prevalence and risk assessment.
abstract: Dental caries remains a common disease worldwide. There is evidence indicating that many caries risk factors provide a gender bias, placing women at a higher caries risk. Generally, dental caries disproportionally affects the poor and racial or ethnic minorities worldwide, with women suffering more from the disease. Differences in access to care as reflected by untreated caries rates also reflect gender disparities. There is a lack of evidence in regard to gender differences and dental caries. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop the evidence necessary to meet the oral health needs of both women and men worldwide.
authors.affiliation: Fluoride Research Program, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. esmartin@iu.edu
authors.forename: Esperanza Angeles
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Martinez-Mier
authors.forename: Andrea Ferreira
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Zandona
mesh_terms: D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D016387:Women's Health