Risk factors and socioeconomic condition effects on periodontal and dental health: A pilot study among adults over fifty years of age.

The age,[ 21 40 ] lifestyle, spending power, and the degree of self-sufficiency may be significant[ 21 ] not only with regard to NMT, NDS, and NFS, but also with regard to the outcome of periodontal disease.[ 15 17 21 32 34 ] The literature data are conflicting and not conclusive.[ 15 17 32 38 ] Most of the authors have found better dental conditions in the strata of people characterized by better SES,[ 20 21 32 34 ] while other authors found SES or behavioral factors not significant.[ 15 17 ] Our results show that by increasing the SES group (from 1 to 3), the NMT, NDS, and NFS decrease, but the PSR increases.

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