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Dental insurance! Are we ready?

Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2011
Dental insurance is insurance designed to pay the costs associated with dental care. The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) bill which was put forward in the winter session of the Lok Sabha (2008) focused on increasing the foreign investment share from the ...
Ravi SS Toor, R Jindal
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of professional indemnity insurance among dental practitioners in Maharashtra State, India

Journal of International Clinical Dental Research Organization, 2018
Aim: The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices among Indian dental practitioners regarding the professional indemnity insurance (PII) and to assess the perceived need among these practitioners regarding such insurance ...
Vidhi Bhanushali, K M Shivakumar, Snehal Patil, Vidya Kadashetti   +3 more
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Forgoing dental care for economic reasons in Switzerland: a six-year cross-sectional population-based study [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: While oral health is part of general health and well-being, oral health disparities nevertheless persist. Potential mechanisms include socioeconomic factors that may influence access to dental care in the absence of universal dental care ...
Bodenmann, P., Gaspoz, J.M., Izart, C.D., Stringhini, S., Theler, J.M.   +4 more
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Awareness and Need for Dental Insurance in India: A Survey-Based Study Among Dental Health Care Professionals

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
Background: Oral health is vital to overall well-being, but high dental care costs often restrict access, particularly in developing countries like India.
Nileshwariba Jadeja, Ruchik Anerao, C. Nandini, Chaitanya Buddhikot, Anuraga Sekharamantri, Pooja Singh, Freya Mehul Gandhi   +6 more
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Assessment of demand for and utilization of dental services by insurance coverage in a developing oral health care system

Journal of Dental School, 2019
Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between demand for and utilization of dental services by insurance coverage among adults in Iran. Methods A cross-sectional survey based on telephone interviews was done.
Fariborz Bayat, Alireza Akbarzadeh, Farshid Monajemi   +2 more
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Dental healthcare reforms in Germany and Japan: A comparison of statutory health insurance policy

Japanese Dental Science Review, 2008
This article aims to compare statutory health insurance policy during the dental healthcare reforms in Germany and Japan. Germany and Japan have categorized their statutory health insurance systems. People in both countries have been provided with a wide
Mayumi Nomura
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Is accessing dental care becoming more difficult? Evidence from Canada's middle-income population. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
OBJECTIVE: To explore trends in access to dental care among middle-income Canadians. METHODS: A secondary data analysis of six Canadian surveys that collected information on dental insurance coverage, cost-barriers to dental care, and out-of-pocket ...
Chantel Ramraj, Laleh Sadeghi, Herenia P Lawrence, Laura Dempster, Carlos Quiñonez   +4 more
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Association between smoking habits and dental care utilization and cost using administrative claims database and specific medical check-up data

BMC Oral Health, 2022
Background This study aims to evaluate the association between smoking habits and dental care utilization and cost in individuals registered with the Japan Health Insurance Association, Osaka branch. Methods We used the administrative claims database and
Kahori Kawamura, Takashi Doi, Keita Kano, Masanori Matsui, Yuka Hattori, Fukutaro Onishi, Hirotsuka Fukata, Tatsuro Miyake   +7 more
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Factors affecting the Affordable Care Act Marketplace stand-alone pediatric dental plan premiums [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Children from lower income families have inadequate dental insurance coverage and poorer dental health in the United States. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created Health Insurance Exchange Marketplaces to increase competition among health ...
Crall, Edelstein, Edelstein, Liu, Mouradian, Orynich, Orynich, Saloner, Vujicic, Yarbrough   +9 more
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Hmong Adults Self-Rated Oral Health: A Pilot Study [PDF]

, 2008
Since 1975, the Hmong refugee population in the U.S. has increased over 200%. However, little is known about their dental needs or self-rated oral health (SROH).
Anthony M. Iacopino, BF Gooch, CA Riedy, Cesar Gonzalez, Christopher Okunseri, D Rosenberg, ESH Yu, G Kalton, GD Cruz, HC Gift, JE Ware Jr., JT Newton, JT Newton, KG. Gervais, LA Aday, Marcie Yang, O Manor, P Norlen, PL Rice, S Sudman, ST Reisine, Warren LeMay, Y Benyamini   +22 more
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