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Published on: February 2, 2020
Dental Care Utilization for Examination and Regional Deprivation
Cheol-Sin Kim1, Sun-Young Han1, Seung Eun Lee2
1Research Institute for Dental Care Policy, Korean Dental Association, Seoul, Korea.
Objectives:
Receiving proper dental care plays a significant role in maintaining good oral health. We investigated the relationship between regional deprivation and dental care utilization.
Methods:
Multilevel logistic regression was used to identify the relationship between the regional deprivation level and dental care utilization purpose, adjusting for individual-level variables, in adults aged 19+ in the 2008 Korean Community Health Survey (n=220 258).
Results:
Among Korean adults, 12.8% used dental care to undergo examination and 21.0% visited a dentist for other reasons. In the final model, regional deprivation level was associated with significant variations in dental care utilization for examination (p<0.001). However, this relationship was not shown with dental care utilization for other reasons in the final model.
Conclusions:
This study's findings suggest that policy interventions should be considered to reduce regional variations in rates of dental care utilization for examination.
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