statement of the problem: no published literature was found studying the people's reasons on why to choose or not to choose a dental care setting in south iran, while understanding their attitude towards choosing their dental care center is consequential for planning a successful oral health care service system.    purpose: to determine the factors affecting how people of the city of shiraz cho...

OBJECTIVES The present study assessed dental students' perceived barriers to geriatric dental care provision. METHODS Out of 512 dental students in Iranian dental schools were participated in the study 464 were completed the questionnaire. The mean age of the dental students was 25.5 ± 2.8 years; 67% were women. RESULTS Most of the participants (79%) did not have any training focused on ger...

The need for domiciliary dental care has increased with the aging of Japanese society. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Dental Association conducted a survey of dental institutions within Tokyo in order to clarify which factors influenced implementation of domiciliary dental care by dental institutions. The proportion was significantly higher in (1) dentists in their 50s or older, (2...

When I visit my dentist I travel 4 kilometres from my residence to her office. My experience is commonplace; many Canadians commute from their homes or workplaces to see a nearby dentist. Although our coffee might come from Colombia and our clothes from China, for most of us dental care is as local as the neighbourhood grocery store, library or community centre. However, for some people, obtain...

Increasing access for citizens to health services, including dental care, is one of the primary targets of the Indonesian Ministry of Health. To assess progress toward this goal, we sought to describe the magnitude of unmet needs for dental care among Indonesians. Secondary data of nationally representative surveys conducted from 2003 to 2007 were analysed to describe the associations between u...

BACKGROUND Mexican immigrants in the United States suffer from poor oral health. The objective of the current study was to explore the utility of applying theory-based factors associated with seeking preventive dental care in a sample of Mexican American adults. METHODS Data were collected from a cross-sectional survey of a sample of 157 people of Mexican origin (64% female; age 34 ± 11 years...

Background: Health utilization inequality is a major concern for health policymakers. Equality in utilization of services is very important for having a healthy society. The aim of this study was to describe inequality in dental care utilization in Iran, Therefore, concentration index, its curve, and the predictors of inequality in utilization of dental services and their spending were calculat...

BACKGROUND Preventive dental care use remains relatively low in Japan, especially among working-age adults. Universal health insurance in Japan covers curative dental care with an out-of-pocket payment limit, though its coverage of preventive dental care is limited. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that income inequality in dental care use is found in preventive, but not curativ...

VOLUME 46 • NUMBER 6 • JUNE 2015 The primary goal of dental education is to train dental professionals who can competently address a wide range of issues in oral health care and independently practice evidence-based comprehensive dentistry aimed at improving the health of society.1 Competency-based education as a philosophy has widely been adopted by dental schools worldwide for both undergradu...

BACKGROUND Dental care is the most common unmet health care need for children with chronic conditions. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that not all children with chronic conditions encounter difficulties accessing dental care. The goals of this study are to evaluate dental care use for Medicaid-enrolled children with chronic conditions and to identify the subgroups of children with chronic...