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Repeated Use of Emergency Departments for Nontraumatic Dental Conditions: Factors Associated With Being a Superutilizer

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Due to inadequate access to regular, affordable dental care, many patients turn to emergency departments (EDs) for the treatment of nontraumatic dental conditions (NTDCs). NTDC ED visits are a large burden on the U.S. healthcare system, with over 1.3 million visits each year and over $1 billion in associated charges.
Morgan Santoro, Lisa J. Heaton, Adrianna C. Sonnek, Rebecca A. Preston, John J. O'Malley, Eric P. Tranby   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Image Quality of Digital and Film Radiographs in Applications Sent to the Dental Insurance Office in Sweden for Treatment Approval

, 2004
In July 2002, a new dental insurance program was introduced in Sweden. For all patients over 65 years, prior approval for all prosthetic work would need to be obtained from the Dental Insurance Office.
Hellén-Halme, Kristina,, Petersson, Arne,, Håkansson, Jan,, Johansson, Per-Magnus,   +3 more
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Oral Health Care Services, Barriers and Enablers to Maintaining Good Oral Health in Motor Neurone Disease: A Scoping Review

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives The objective of this scoping review was to map existing literature on oral health and related care in individuals with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Specifically, the review aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to maintaining oral hygiene, summarise available clinical guidelines and patient‐facing resources, and examine how ...
Mariam A. Khokhar, Lucy A. O'Malley, Anne‐Marie Glenny, Xiaohui Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Associations among smoking status, including the use of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and heated cigarettes, periodontal condition, and tooth loss in employed Japanese adults: a cross-sectional study

BMC Oral Health
Background Information on the effects of the use of electronic cigarettes and heated cigarettes on oral health status is sparse. In addition, few studies have reported the oral health behaviours of the users of such products. We examined the associations
Hiroko Hashimoto, Yoshihiro Shimazaki, Toshiya Nonoyama, Hisanao Kito, Nobuhiro Segawa, Makoto Okai, Noriyasu Uchibori, Sayuri Tomaru, Misako Kawahara   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insurance and use of dental services: national dental telephone interview survey 2010

, 2012
This publication presents findings on dental visiting and receipt of dental services by dental insurance status. It uses information from the National Dental Telephone Interview Survey, 2010.

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De‐Implementing Low‐Value Care in Dentistry: The Case for Choosing Wisely Campaigns

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT De‐implementation refers to the practice within implementation science that targets reducing low‐value care; that is practices that have been proven to be outdated, unnecessary, potentially harmful and in some cases not cost‐efficient. Reducing and removing habitual practices, as well as introducing new care, is not easy, as there are multiple
Fabio Arriola‐Pacheco, Rafael Aiello Bomfim, Karen Born, Herenia P. Lawrence   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Information Updating and Insurance Dropout: Evidence from Dental Insurance [PDF]

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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Public Dental Expenditure and Dental Visits in Europe and Japan

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Dental care is important for oral health, but access to dental services is subject to social inequalities and varies between countries. Despite this, few cross‐national studies have examined how public dental expenditure relates to dental service use among older adults. This study aimed to investigate the associations between public
Yuko Inoue, Jun Aida, Richard G. Watt, Anja Heilmann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dental Insurance and Dental Care: the Role of Insurance and Income

This paper analyzes the effect of dental insurance on utilization of general dentist services by adult US population aged from 25 to 64 years. Our econometric framework accommdates endogeneity of insurance and the ordered nature of the measure of dental ...
Murat K. Munkin, Pravin K. Trivedi
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A Comparative Study of Dental Health Beliefs between Wearers of Insurance-Provided Removable Dentures and Wearers of Other Removable Dentures

, 1997
application/pdfIn Japan, people are living longer and require dental services for more decades of their life than ever before. The disposable income for dental service has risen steadily, even though people have a reduced average income during their ...
MIGO, SHINYA, IGARASHI, YOSHIMASA
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