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J Dent Educ. 52(11): 637-642 1988
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Journal of Dental Education, Vol 52, Issue 11, 637-642
Copyright © 1988 by American Dental Education Association

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Older Americans' access to oral health care

TA Dolan, CR Corey, and HE Freeman

To determine whether older Americans have difficulty obtaining access to dental care, we studied 7,265 adults nationwide. The objectives of this analysis are to: (1) determine the proportion of older Americans receiving dental services, (2) identify the types of services received, and (3) examine barriers to access to dental care in this population. Almost half of the respondents over the age of 60 reported a dental visit in the past year. This is consistent with the national trend of increasing utilization of dental services by older adults in the United States. However, older respondents reported significantly fewer dental visits in the past year than respondents aged 25-59. The mean time since the respondent's last dental visit increased with increasing age. Minority elders and those older adults with lower incomes, lower educational achievement, poorer perceived health status, chronic diseases, transportation problems, and those living in rural areas had disproportionately fewer dental visits than more socially advantaged respondents. In multivariate analyses, less education, lower income, increasing age, and poorer self-perceived health status were identified as independent risk factors for not having a dental visit, suggesting that certain subpopulations of older Americans are at risk for not receiving necessary oral health services.


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