Exploring pathways for socio-economic inequalities in self-reported oral symptoms among Korean adolescents

Abstract

There were clear social gradients in three self-reported oral symptoms (toothache, bad breath and fractured teeth) in Korean adolescents. Psychosocial factors explained part of the social inequalities in oral symptoms. Future longitudinal research is required to better address the pathways that explain socio-economic inequalities in oral symptoms during adolescence.