ArticlePreventing chronic disease2020
Racial/Ethnic Disparities Among US Children and Adolescents in Use of Dental Care.
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- Racial/ethnic and family income related differences in dental radiographic utilization among a national representative sample of U.S. children and adolescents.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
- Changes in dental visits and oral health for children by race and ethnicity during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2024Article
- Analysis of Race and Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Factors, and Tooth Decay Among US Children.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Evaluation of the Oral Health Knowledge Network's Impact on Pediatric Clinicians and Patient Care.Annals of family medicine · 2023Article
- Oral Health Barriers for African American Caregivers of Autistic Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Oral Health Considerations of Children: Grandparent Caregiver Perceptions, Behaviors, and Knowledge.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Article
- Addressing Oral Health Inequities, Access to Care, Knowledge, and Behaviors.Preventing chronic disease · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionDental care among children has increased over the past decade, and racial/ethnic disparities have narrowed for some groups. We measured changes in racial/ethnic disparities in annual dental care for children and adolescents aged 2 to 17 years and conducted multivariate analysis to study factors associated with changes in disparities over time.
methodsWe used Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data to obtain crude prevalence estimates of dental care use and calculated absolute disparities and changes in disparities for 3 racial/ethnic groups of children and adolescents compared with non-Hispanic white children and adolescents relative to fixed points in time (2001 and 2016). We pooled all single years of data into 3 data cycles (2001-2005, 2006-2010, and 2011-2016) and used multivariate regression to assess the relationship between dental care use and race/ethnicity, controlling for the covariates of age, sex, parents' education, household income, insurance status, and data cycle (time).
resultsUse increased by 18% only in low-income children and adolescents. Low-income Hispanic (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR] = 0.98; 95% CI, 0.94-1.02) and Asian (aPR = 0.92; 95% CI, 0.83-1.02) participants showed no difference in dental care use relative to non-Hispanic white participants, but non-Hispanic black participants had significantly lower use (aPR = 0.84; 95% CI, 0.81-0.88). Public and private insurance were associated with a doubling of use among low-income children.
conclusionWe saw a modest increase in dental care use and a narrowing of disparities for some low-income children and adolescents. Use among low-income Hispanic and Asian participants "caught up" with use among Hispanic white participants but remained well below that of children and adolescents in families with middle and high incomes. Disparities persisted for non-Hispanic black participants at all income levels.
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