Is Dichotomization into Regular versus Irregular Dental Attenders Valid? A Qualitative Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To discover whether dental visiting behavior can be understood as a dichotomy of planned versus problem based, or whether there were a range of different types of understanding and patient behavior, recognizable as patterns of dental visiting behavior.

Methods

Secondary analysis drawing on 2 qualitative studies of patients' accounts of dental attendance and oral health, with 1) opportunistic interviews with people attending urgent dental care services (n = 43; including 19 with follow-up) and 2) home-based, in-depth interviews with people attending a dental practice with a mixture of improved or deteriorated/poor periodontal health (n = 25).

Results

Four distinguishable patterns of dental visiting were identified in patients' accounts: Accepting and

SUBMITTER: van der Zande MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10504811 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature