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Food deserts and dental care utilization in the United States

Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 2023
AbstractObjectivesAlthough food deserts are known to impact health and healthcare utilization, no research has investigated the relationship between food deserts and dental care utilization. This study aimed to fill this gap by assessing the relationship between living in a food desert and self‐reported dental care utilization in the past year ...
Alexander Testa, Rahma Mungia, Alexandra van den Berg, Daphne C. Hernandez   +3 more
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Utilization of dental care in a Finnish industrial population

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1978
abstract Ninety‐three percent of the 300 employees of a paper mill in central‐eastern Finland answered a questionnaire in the con text of a clinical dental survey. One third had visited the dentist annually, 22% once in 2 years and the rest irregularly. Dental visit frequency of females was somewhat higher than that of males.
A L, Rajala, M, Rajala, I, Paunio
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Recency of immigration and utilization of dental care services in Canada

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 2021
AbstractObjectivesTo investigate the association between recency of immigration to Canada and the utilization of dental health services.MethodsThe cross‐sectional study sample (n = 2137) was drawn from the 2015‐2016 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS).
Chidubem Ekpereamaka Okechukwu, Carolyn Ells, Kenneth Bruce Newbold, Ngozi Joe‐Ikechebelu, Balanding Manneh   +4 more
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DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC PREDICTORS OF DENTAL CARE UTILIZATION

The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1998
The authors analyzed a comprehensive, nationally representative data set from the 1989 National Health Interview Survey to determine what factors are related to dental care utilization. The authors estimated the percentage of low-income and minority adults who reported visiting a dentist in the past year by race, income, employment status, dental ...
R J, Manski, L S, Magder
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DENTAL CARIES PREVALENCE AND DENTAL CARE UTILIZATION AMONG THE VERY OLD

The Journal of the American Dental Association, 2000
This article reports on coronal and root caries prevalence and dental care utilization patterns of elderly Iowans aged 79 years or older.The sample for this study was 449 people who were surviving members of the Iowa 65+ Rural Health Study cohort originally recruited in 1981.
J J, Warren, H J, Cowen, C M, Watkins, J S, Hand   +3 more
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Utilization of dental care after the introduction of the Swedish dental health insurance

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, 1995
The dental care utilization rate in an urban Swedish population over an 11-year period was studied, starting at the time of the introduction of a national dental health insurance. The systematically selected samples comprised, for each calendar year of the period, approximately 11,000 inhabitants more than 20 years of age in the city of Göteborg.
T, Osterberg, W, Sundh, G, Gustafsson, H G, Gröndahl   +3 more
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Dental Care Utilization and Satisfaction of Residential University Students

Libyan Journal of Medicine, 2008
The objective of this study was to provide information on the level of utilization and satisfaction of residential university students with the dental services provided by the dental clinic of a teaching hospital. VOLUNTEERS AND MATERIAL: A stratified sampling technique was used to recruit volunteers from the outpatient clinic of the Obafemi Awolowo ...
Bamise CT, Bada TA, Bamise FO, Ogunbodede EO   +3 more
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Factors Associated With Dental Care Utilization in Early Childhood

PEDIATRICS, 2014
To identify sociodemographic, dietary, and biological factors associated with families who do not receive dental care in early childhood and to identify risk factors associated with having cavities among children who receive early dental care.A cross-sectional study of healthy Canadian children seen for primary health care between September 2011 and ...
Denise, Darmawikarta, Yang, Chen, Sarah, Carsley, Catherine S, Birken, Patricia C, Parkin, Robert J, Schroth, Jonathon L, Maguire   +6 more
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Recent Trends in the Utilization of Dental Care in the United States

Journal of Dental Education, 2012
The authors examined trends in the utilization of oral health services in the United States from 1997 to 2010, including breakdowns by age and poverty level. They examined trends in one major driver of utilization: insurance coverage. The results suggest that the recent economic downturn did not result in an overall decrease in the utilization of ...
Thomas P, Wall, Marko, Vujicic, Kamyar, Nasseh   +2 more
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Predictors of dental care utilization in north-central Appalachia in the USA

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 2019
AbstractObjectivesDental utilization is an important determinant of oral health and well‐being. The aim of this study was to evaluate potential associations between a variety of biopsychosocial factors and dental utilization in north‐central Appalachia, USA, a region where oral health disparities are profound.MethodsThis study used household‐based data
Daniel W McNeil, Katherine Neiswanger, Mary L. Marazita   +2 more
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