title: Oral health and welfare state regimes: a cross-national analysis of European countries.
abstract: Very little is known about the potential relationship between welfare state regimes and oral health. This study assessed the oral health of adults in a range of European countries clustered by welfare regimes according to Ferrera's typology and the complementary Eastern type. We analysed data from Eurobarometer wave 72.3, a cross-sectional survey of 31 European countries carried out in 2009. We evaluated three self-reported oral health outcomes: edentulousness, no functional dentition (<20 natural teeth), and oral impacts on daily living. Age-standardized prevalence rates were estimated for each country and for each welfare state regime. The Scandinavian regime showed lower prevalence rates for all outcomes. For edentulousness and no functional dentition, there were higher prevalence rates in the Eastern regime but no significant differences between Anglo-Saxon, Bismarckian, and Southern regimes. The Southern regime presented a higher prevalence of oral impacts on daily living. Results by country indicated that Sweden had the lowest prevalences for edentulousness and no functional dentition, and Denmark had the lowest prevalence for oral impacts. The results suggest that Scandinavian welfare states, with more redistributive and universal welfare policies, had better population oral health. Future research should provide further insights about the potential mechanisms through which welfare-state regimes would influence oral health.
authors: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK. c.guarnizo-herreno.11@ucl.ac.uk
authors: Carol C
authors: CC
authors: Guarnizo-Herreño
authors: Georgios
authors: G
authors: Tsakos
authors: Aubrey
authors: A
authors: Sheiham
authors: Richard G
authors: RG
authors: Watt
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005060:Europe; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D009909:Oral Health; D011057:Politics; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D012946:Social Welfare; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055815:Young Adult
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