Dental sedation: regional demographics
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Sir, I read with interest the article by Wanyonyi _et al_.1 regarding the provision of sedation services within primary dental care in England. The article suggests that there is a marked
socio-economic effect on the uptake of sedation with the most deprived areas showing the highest uptake. Using the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015 data it is possible to calculate the
proportion of lower super output areas (LSOAs) within each quintile of deprivation for LSOAs in the North of England (as shown by the infographic in _BDJ_ 2016; 220: 123). What this shows is
that in the North of England 29.9% of LSOAs fall within quintile 1, the most deprived, and 15.8% fall within the least deprived quintile. In the North of England, 29.1% of courses of
treatment with sedation are provided to those in the most deprived quintile, and 11.9% are provided to those in the least. This correlates with the demographic of the region and is not
indicative of a socio-economic effect on the uptake of sedation in the North of England. REFERENCES * Wanyonyi K L, White S, Gallagher J E . Conscious sedation: is this provision equitable?
Analysis of sedation services provided within primary dental care in England, 2012-2014. _BDJ Open_ 2016; DOI:10.1038/bdjopen.2016.2. Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND
AFFILIATIONS * Clinical Fellow in Dental Public Health, Newcastle University, Z. Freeman Authors * Z. Freeman View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google
Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Freeman, Z. Dental sedation: Regional demographics. _Br Dent J_ 221, 437 (2016).
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