Trends of children being given advice for dental checkups and having a dental visit in the United States: 2001-2016.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Introduction
The objectives of this study were to describe trends of children being given dental checkup advice by primary care providers (PCPs) and having dental visits and to assess factors associated with being given dental checkup advice and having a dental visit.Methods
Data were from the annual, cross-sectional Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) from 2001 to 2016. The sample included 126,773 children ages 2-17 years. We used predictive margins to estimate the probability of being given dental checkup advice and having a dental visit. We examined time trends of the proportion of children being given dental checkup advice from PCPs, as well as trends in the proportion of children having a dental visit from 2001 to 2016. Multiple logistic regression was used to assess the association between being given dental checkup advice and having a dental visit.Results
Overall, the proportion of children being given dental checkup advice increased from 31.4% in 2001 to 51.8% in 2016 (Trend P < 0.001). No significant increasing trend was found for having a dental visit among those being given dental checkup advice (Trend P > 0.05). Children being given dental checkup advice were more likely to have a dental visit (AOR = 1.54, P < 0.001).Conclusions
Although there was an increase in the proportion of children being given advice to have dental checkups by PCPs from 2001 to 2016, there was no significant increase in having a dental visit among children being given the advice. More research is needed to better understand how dental care advice from a PCP can effectively motivate and facilitate dental care for children.Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Luo, H; I Garcia, R; Moss, ME; Bell, RA; Wright, W; Wu, B
Published Date
- June 2020
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 80 / 2
Start / End Page
- 123 - 131
PubMed ID
- 31951026
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC7299770
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1752-7325
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0022-4006
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1111/jphd.12356
Language
- eng