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Preventive Medicine Reports, 2019 This study was an examination of dental care utilization among survivors of early life cancers (cancer diagnosis at 20 years of age or younger) and the extent to which socio-economic factors may present a barrier to care.
Derek K. Smith, Barbara A. Murphy
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Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2023 Introduction: Preventive dentistry refers to dental practices that help to preserve good oral health throughout an individual's lifetime. However, studies on the utilization of preventive dental services among older patients are limited. This study aimed
Weerachon Panthueng +2 more
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Association of Youth Characteristics and Recent Utilization of Dental Services in the United States
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2018 Background: Oral health is important for overall health of youth, although dental service utilization is lower than national goals. The purpose of the study was to identify sociodemographic and health behavioral characteristics of youth in the United ...
Ilana R. A. Chertok +3 more
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What determines utilization of dental care services? The case of Iran [PDF]
Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, 2018 BACKGROUND AND AIM: Identifying the factors affecting utilization of dental services is one of the best ways to improve the health status. This study aimed to investigate the effective factors on utilization of dental services.METHODS: In this cross ...
Mohammadreza Amiresmaili +4 more
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Information Updating and Insurance Dropout: Evidence from Dental Insurance [PDF]
, 2004 Micro data from a dental insurance natural experiment is used to analyze why agents opt out of insurance. The purpose is to relate the dropout decision to new information on risk, acquired by the policy holder and the insurer.
Grönqvist, Erik
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Dental Service Utilization: Patterns and Barriers among Rural Elderly in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Introduction: The biological process of ageing is outside human control and has its own dynamics. It is a known fact that elderly people have more treatment needs compared to the younger population and at the same time elderly people are facing a ...
VIKRAM SIMHA BOMMIREDDY +5 more
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Predictors of Dental Care Use: Findings From the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health [PDF]
, 2013 Purpose To examine longitudinal trends and associated factors in dental service utilization by adolescents progressing to early adulthood in the United States. Methods The data source was the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health from Waves I
Garcia, Raul I. +4 more
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Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, 2016 Introduction: The Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) and anganwadi workers form a strong link between the healthcare delivery system and rural community.
K M Shwetha, H N Pallavi, K Pushpanjali
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Predictors of use of dental care by children in north-central Appalachia in the USA.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Use of dental services in childhood, especially preventive care, is associated with many important oral health outcomes throughout life. The Andersen behavioral model of healthcare utilization posits that predisposing characteristics, enabling resources,
Cecelia I Nelson +7 more
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Prevalence of Oral Pain and Barriers to use of Emergency Oral Care Facilities Among Adult Tanzanians. [PDF]
, 2008 Oral pain has been the major cause of the attendances in the dental clinics in Tanzania. Some patients postpone seeing the dentist for as long as two to five days.
Ahadieli Raphael Senkoro +24 more
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