ArticleAmerican journal of public health2002
Relationship between children's dental needs and dental care utilization: United States, 1988-1994.
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- Socio-environmental determinants of the delay in the first dental visit: results of two population-based cohort studies in Brazil.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2020Article
- The effect of health and dental insurance on US children's dental care utilization for urgent and non-urgent dental problems - 2008.Journal of public health dentistry · 2017Article
- Parental awareness and dental attendance of children among African immigrants.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2015Article
- Rural-urban differences in dental service use among children enrolled in a private dental insurance plan in Wisconsin: analysis of administrative data.BMC oral health · 2012Article
- Examining the accuracy of caregivers' assessments of young children's oral health status.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2012Article
- Socio-demographic disparity in oral health among the poor: a cross sectional study of early adolescents in Kilwa district, Tanzania.BMC oral health · 2010Article
- Oral disease burden and utilization of dental care patterns among pediatric solid organ transplant recipients.Journal of public health dentistry · 2009Article
- Changes in Parental Perceptions of Their Care of Their Children's Oral Health From Age 1 to 4 Years.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
- Dental Visit Patterns and Oral Health Outcomes in Saudi Children.Saudi journal of medicine & medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThis study describes the relationship between dental needs and dental care utilization among children.
methodsData from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994) were used to analyze dental care needs and dental care utilization.
resultsYounger children with perceived needs (needs perceived by the child or responsible adult) were more likely to be episodic users of dental care than children without perceived needs. Younger children with normative needs (defined by the presence of untreated caries diagnosed by a dentist) were less likely to be regular users. Older children with perceived or normative needs were more likely to be episodic users and less likely to have had a previous-year visit than children with no needs.
conclusionsDespite their presence, dental needs do not drive dental care use among children, and children's dental care utilization is inadequate.
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