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KMID : 1157520220180040111
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International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry
2022 Volume.18 No. 4 p.111 ~ p.117
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Analysis of the Effects of Unmet Dental Care on Dental Treatment Needs: Based on the 8th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2019)
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Abstract
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Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that unmet dental care in terms of oral health problems and dental care requirements affect the need for dental treatment.
Methods: We used data from the 8th National Health and Nutrition Survey 1st Year (2019), which surveyed 10,859 participants. We included 5,581 adults aged ≥19 years. To analyze the general characteristics of the participants and determine whether and why their dental care was unmet, survey responses were reclassified and a frequency analysis was conducted. The Rao?Scott chi-square test and composite sample multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine the relationship between general characteristics, oral health behavior, oral conditions, dental needs, and unmet dental care.
Results: Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed association between dental needs and access to dental care. Unmet dental care-based analysis revealed that women were 0.77 times more likely to receive dental treatment than men. When prosthetics and implants were in the oral cavity, they were 1.30 and 1.36 times higher.
Conclusion: Due to its retrospective cross-sectional design, the study only included participants of the 8th National Health and Nutrition Survey, limiting its ability to establish causal relationships. Future studies are warranted to provide an in-depth analysis by expanding not only the subjective oral health status but also objective oral health indicators according to dental preventive treatment standards and to use these data to determine the factors affecting the systemic health status of citizens.
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KEYWORD
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oral health, dental care, unmet dental care, dental treatment needs, KNHANES
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