INTRODUCTION Acculturation may strongly influence use of or access to health services among Hispanics in the United States. We assessed the relationships between acculturation and use of oral health services among Hispanic adults in the United States. METHODS Data were analyzed from Hispanic adults aged 18 years or older who participated in the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System....

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to report any differences found among the mean percentages of procedures performed by three types of dental providers for each type of service performed. The study focused on the types of services provided by dentists to Medicaid children in Virginia. METHODS Medicaid claims field for dental patients younger than age 21 were obtained and analyzed for fisc...

OBJECTIVE Since one of the goals of dental services is to reduce the effects of social inequality on dental health, it was assessed whether there are inequalities among those seeking dental care from private, public and unionized services. METHODS The study population consisted of adults aged 18 years or more living in the city of Bambuí, Brazil. Participants were interviewed using a structur...

BACKGROUND Prior to the introduction of the 2006 NHS dental contract in England and Wales, general dental practitioners (GDPs) were responsible for the provision of out-of-hours (OOH) emergency dental services (EDS); however there was great national variation in service provision. Under the contractual arrangements introduced 1st April 2006, local commissioning agencies became formally responsi...

(1) Background: Parents play an important role in children’s oral health by contributing to the development of proper hygiene and eating behaviors as well offering child access dental services. The aim this study was evaluation parents’ involvement their child’s visits office. (2) Methods: cross-sectional conducted 2020 Romania on a sample 105 parents using online self-administered questionnair...