Statement 1: Poverty is associated with poor oral health. Statement 2: Being part of an ethnic majority group leads a person to have poor oral health.

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Children with the most advanced oral disease are found within minority, poor, homeless, and immigrant populations. Therefore, poverty has a strong association with poor oral health. It is important to realize that within all racial/ethnic groups that there are substantial differences in beliefs and behaviors. This inevitably leads to varying degrees of health status.

Statement 1: Poverty Is Associated with Poor Oral Health