ArticleFrontiers in public health2023
Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of dental health care among the adult population in Serbia.
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- Systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence and risk factors of oral frailty among older adults.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Patterns of Dental Interventions Across Tooth Position, Age, and Sex: A Retrospective Real-World Clinical Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Digital patient education and its role in overcoming dental anxiety and barriers to endodontic care.The Saudi dental journal · 2026Article
- Seasonal Mortality Patterns Analyzing Epidemiological Impact of COVID-19 on Overall Mortality Rates in Belgrade, Serbia Over Three-Year Period (2020-2023): Mental Health Consequences and Public Health Implications.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Factors associated with the use of dental services by older people in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this paper is to assess the association of demografic and socioeconomic determinants with utilization of dental services among Serbian adults. Materials and methods: The study is a part of the population health research of Serbia, conducted in the period from October to December 2019 by the Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Serbia in cooperation with the Institute of Public Health of Serbia "Dr. Milan JovanovićBatut" and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia. The research was conducted as a descriptive, cross-sectional analytical study on a representative sample of the population of Serbia. For the purposes of this study, data on the adult population aged 20 years and older were used. Results: Men were approximately 1.8 times more likely than women to not utilize dental healthcare services (OR = 1.81). The likelihood of not utilizing dental healthcare protection rises with increasing age, reaching its peak within the 65-74 age range (OR = 0.441), after which it declines. Individuals who have experienced marital dissolution due to divorce or the death of a spouse exhibit a higher probability of not utilizing health protection (OR = 1.868). As the level of education and wealth diminishes, the probability of abstaining from health protection increases by 5.8 times among respondents with an elementary school education (OR = 5.852) and 1.7 times among the most economically disadvantaged respondents (OR = 1.745). Regarding inactivity, respondents who are not employed have a 2.6-fold higher likelihood of not utilizing oral health care compared to employed respondents (OR = 2.610). Conclusion: The results suggest that individual sociodemographic factors influence utilization of dental services by Serbian adults and confirmed the existence of socioeconomic disparities.
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