ArticlePreventive medicine reports2019
Lower levels of education and household income mediate lower dental care utilization among survivors of early life cancers.
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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. Data were obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2007 to 2016 (n = 28,640). Survey-weighted regression models were used to evaluate associations between early life cancers and subsequent frequency of dental care as adults. A mediation analysis was conducted to test education and household income as potential mediators of this association using a non-parametric bootstrap approach. Early life cancers were associated with a significant decrease in dental care utilization as adults (OR:0.459, 95%CI:(0.226, 0.935)). This diminished utilization was particularly pronounced with survivors in their 20s and 30s. Over time dental care utilization began a slow recovery. The association between early cancer and level of education was estimated to be negative but did not reach statistical significance (OR:0.739, 95%CI:(0.503, 1.086),
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