Barriers to oral health care for transgender and gender nonbinary populations

CONCLUSIONS: Discrepancies between TGNB patients' expectations and actual experiences suggest that their needs are often unmet in the dental setting, possibly contributing to gender identity-associated dental avoidance and oral health disparities.PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Although these results need to be verified in larger and more diverse samples, they provide actionable information for improvement to this population's oral health and management.PMID:36973159 | DOI:10.1016/j.adaj.2023.02.009

Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - March 27, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Joshua A Raisin Martha Ann Keels Michael W Roberts Kimon Divaris Nina Jain Deanna W Adkins Source Type: research