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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dzifa Adjaye-Gbewonyo ◽  
Lindsey Back

This report uses data from the 2019 and 2020 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to describe recent changes in the prevalence of dental examinations or cleanings in the past 12 months among children aged 1–17 years by selected sociodemographic characteristics.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0255126
Author(s):  
Mikko Nurminen ◽  
Jenni Blomgren ◽  
Hennamari Mikkola

Dental care utilization is known to have a strong socioeconomic gradient, with lower socioeconomic groups utilizing less of these services despite having poorer dental health. However, less is known about the utilization of dental services in the population concurrently in the public and private sectors in different socioeconomic groups. Additionally, evidence on how different sectors contribute to the overall socioeconomic gradient in dental care utilization is scarce. This study examines visits and absence of visits to public and private dentists in the years 2017–2018 by education, occupational class and income. Comprehensive register data was collected from the total population aged 25 and over in the city of Oulu, Finland (N = 118,397). The data were analyzed with descriptive methods and with multinomial logistic regressions for the probability of visits and with negative binomial regressions for the number of visits, adjusted for sociodemographic covariates. The results showed a clear socioeconomic gradient for the probability of visits according to income and education: the higher the income and the higher the education, the more likely was a visit to a dentist–especially a private dentist–during the two-year period. Similar results were obtained for the number of visits. Higher socioeconomic status was less associated with public dentist visits. While those with the lowest income visited public dentists more frequently than private dentists, their overall visits fell below that of others. Adjusted estimates by occupation did not show a clear socioeconomic gradient. The socioeconomic inequality in dentist visits in a country having a universally covered public dental care scheme puts a challenge for decision makers in designing an equal dental health care system. Experimenting with lower co-payments is a possible option.


e-GIGI ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
Sindiawani G. Radiani ◽  
Oedijani Santoso ◽  
Yoghi B. Prabowo ◽  
Tira H. Skripsa

Abstract: Utilization of dental and oral health services cover the health service and the usage of facilities. This study was aimed to determine and to analyze the relationship between knowledge, education, income, occupation, and accessibility of dental care utilization and oral health services at Karang- anyar health centers of Purbalingga. This was an analytical survey study with a cross sectional design. There were 185 respondents of the working area of Karanganyar health center selected by consecutive sampling. Data were collected by using a validated questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using chi-square test followed by logistic regression test. The results showed that there were 76.8% of respondents who used dental care and oral health services in the three last months before pandemic Covid-19; 35% of respondents had no work; 69.2% had low level of education; 81.21% had high level of knowledge; 83.2% had low income; and 85.1% clarified that the accessibility was not reachable. The chi-square test showed a significant correlation between levels of knowledge (p=0.02), income (p=0.04), education (p=0.012) and dental care utilization as well as oral health services. The logistic regression test showed that knowledge (OR=0.569 (95%CI:0.358-0.903) was the most dominant correlated to dental care utilization and oral health services. In conclusion, levels of knowledge, income, and education had significant relationships with dental care utilization and oral health services at Karanganyar health center.Keywords: knowledge; income; education; dental care utilization and oral health servicesAbstrak: Pemanfaatan pelayanan kesehatan gigi dan mulut mencakup pelayanan dan penggunaan fasilitas pelayanan kesehatan gigi dan mulut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis hubungan antara pengetahuan, pendapatan, pendidikan, pekerjaan, dan aksesibilitas terhadap pemanfaatan pelayanan kesehatan gigi dan mulut di Puskesmas Karanganyar Kabupaten Purbalingga. Jenis penelitian ialah survei analitik dengan desain potong lintang. Sampel penelitian ialah 185 masyarakat di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Karanganyar, dipilih secara consecutive sampling. Pengambilan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan kuisioner yang sudah divalidasi. Data dianalisis menggunakan uji chi-square dilanjutkan dengan uji regresi logistik. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan bahwa responden yang memanfaatkan pelayanan kesehatan gigi dan mulut tida bulan terakhir sebelum pandemi covid-19 sebanyak 76,8%; tidak bekerja 35%; pendidikan rendah 69,2%; tingkat pengetahuan tinggi 81,1%; pendapatan rendah 83,2%; dan 85.1% menyatakan aksesibilitas tidak terjangkau. Hasil uji chi-square menunjukkan hubungan bermakna antara tingkat pengetahuan (p=0,02), pendapatan (p=0,04), pendidikan (p=0,012) terhadap pemanfaatan pelayanan kesehatan gigi dan mulut. Hasil uji regresi logistik menunjukkan bahwa faktor pengetahuan OR=0,569 (95% CI:0,358-0,903) yang paling dominan berhubungan dengan pemanfaatan pelayanan kesehatan gigi dan mulut. Simpulan penelitian ini ialah tingkat pengetahuan, pendapatan, pendidikan memiliki hubungan bermakna dengan pemanfaatanpelayanan kesehatan gigi dan mulut di Puskesmas Karanganyar.Kata kunci: pengetahuan; pendapatan; pendidikan; pemanfaatan pelayanan kesehatan gigi dan mulut 


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