[Social and behavioral factors influencing caries intensity and oral hygiene in an adult population in Budapest (sociological implications of a dental-sociological survey)].

Authors examined 868, 15-69 age old, non-selected patients. The findings of dental aspects of the investigation were reported in this periodical (88, 95-112, 1995). The sociological analysis verified strong connection between oral status and social stratification. The authors found that differences in oral status on the basis of educational qualification are larger than the differences on the basis of occupations. The effects of social factors on oral health behaviour are stronger than on oral status. The authors found strong connection between patients' oral health behaviour and parents motivations for patients' body culture.