Gibson, B.J. orcid.org/0000-0003-1413-4950, Jackson, D., Sweet, O. et al. (1 more author) (2024) Living with oral appliances: consumption, health and oral care practices. Consumption and Society, 3 (2). pp. 166-182. ISSN 2752-8499
Abstract
There has been a growing interest in the connection between consumption and health, particularly in relation to consumerism in healthcare services and consumption’s impact on population health. Initially the idea of the ‘healthcare consumer’ was met with extreme scepticism, as it was argued that this idea was a misnomer and that the concept was threatening to fragment healthcare. Yet more recent empirical work into consumption practices and health has shown that the relationship is much more nuanced than previously thought. This article takes the case of daily care for oral devices and seeks to further unpack the relationship between consumption and health. The results are based on analysis of data collected in 2019 from the Philippines and Russia. The analysis focuses on how adjustments are made to the relationships between the body, consciousness and everyday life when living with oral devices (dentures, aligners and mouthguards). It examines the daily practices associated with care for such devices, examining the spaces, materials and practices involved in daily oral care. The findings demonstrate that in Russia and the Philippines several ‘bundles’ of consumption practices exist, reflecting quite different teleoaffective structures for consumption practices. The study also uncovers the ‘distributed agency’ of oral devices examining how they shape daily life.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 Authors. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | dentures; aligners; social practices; distributed agency |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Clinical Dentistry (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number GLAXOSMITHKLINE UNSPECIFIED |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 Apr 2024 10:01 |
Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2024 19:51 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Bristol University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1332/27528499y2024d000000015 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:211549 |
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