Does the implementation of a national oral health policy reduce inequalities in oral health services utilization? The Brazilian experience.

In adolescents, adults, and the elderly, there was a decreasing trend in absolute inequality between 1998 and 2008 with an increase in 2013.

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It is plausible to hypothesize that there is an expected trend of reduction in the outcome as age increases because a longer lifetime increases the probability of having access to at least one dentist appointment in one’s lifetime.

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