Shuai Yuan, Dan Leffler, Benjamin Lebwohl, Peter H R Green, Jiangwei Sun, Sofia Carlsson, Susanna C Larsson, Jonas F Ludvigsson
Coeliac disease and type 2 diabetes risk: a nationwide matched cohort and Mendelian randomisation study
Diabetologia
existing methods social oral epidemiology primarily utilize statistical models assume static characteristics individuals environments useful reliance methods social behavioural sciences unnecessarily limit perspective progress even advanced statistical methods cannot capture complex behaviour time given systems evolve environments respond behaviours beliefs crystalize deteriorate based variety social environmental access variables recent consensus statement future directions behavioral social sciences oral health acknowledges dental oral craniofacial health emerge complex interplay multiple factors multiple levels time highlights need incorporation new underutilized methodologies complex systems science offers suite tools methodologies responsive generative mechanisms processes underlie population distributions oral health disease specifically assume intricate dynamic interactions individuals groups facilitate study synthesis interconnections people eg patients healthcare providers policy makers change time differences across settings provide opportunity guide future longitudinal data collection intervention science effectively paper aims provide introduction foundational principles complex systems complex systems thinking methods found complex systems science including social network analysis system dynamics models agentbased models offers perspectives challenges faced opportunities afforded incorporation methods population oral health sciences