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ArticleBMC oral health2023

Factors affecting oral and dental services` utilization among Elderly: a scoping review.

Mohadeseh Ghanbari-Jahromi, Peivand Bastani, Faride Sadat Jalali, Sajad Delavari

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Article in BMC oral health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Mohadeseh Ghanbari-JahromiStudent Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Peivand BastaniCollege of Health and Human Sciences, Faculty of Health, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.
Faride Sadat JalaliStudent Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Sajad DelavariHealth Human Resources Research Center, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. sajadd@gmail.com.

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Abstract

backgroundRegular use of oral and dental services by the elderly is one of the important factors in reducing oral and dental diseases. This study aimed to identify the factors affecting oral and dental services` utilization among elderly.

methodsThe published articles on the factors affecting oral and dental services` utilization among elderly were found through a scoping search and using related keywords in PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and Web of Science databases within January 2000 - December 2022 according to the PRISMA guidelines. The data were analyzed using the thematic analysis method.

resultsAmong the 2381 articles retrieved from the databases, forty-two were extracted. The factors affecting oral and dental services` utilization among elderly were classified into five main components as follows: access, demographic factors, social factors, health level, and mental factors. The results showed that income, education level, living area, number of teeth, and importance of care were the most frequent in the main components of access, demographic factors, social factors, health level, and mental factors, respectively.

conclusionEquitable utilization of oral and dental services is the right of all members of the society, especially the elderly. Therefore, it is necessary to provide the elderly with suitable conditions to utilize such services, which are mostly luxury items. Furthermore, increasing the elderly's awareness and encouraging them to use oral and dental services regularly can help reduce the burden of oral and dental diseases.

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Facilities and Services UtilizationStomatognathic DiseasesAgedDatabases, FactualDental CareEducational StatusHumansElderlyOral and dentalScoping reviewUtilization of health services

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