Dental care trajectories among formerly incarcerated older adults in the United States.

ABSTRACT: A growing body of research has documented an association between prior incarceration and lower dental care use, yet the longitudinal impact of prior incarceration on dental care patterns over time among older adults remains unexplored. This study aims to investigate whether prior incarceration is associated with differing trajectories of dental care use among older adults in the United States. Data were drawn from the 2012-2020 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally representative longitudinal survey of older adults in the United States (n =  5,893). Group-based trajectory modeling was used to estimate dental care use patterns over time. The findings revealed dental care patterns followed three trajectories: regular dental care use (48.1%), moderate-declining dental c

SUBMITTER: Testa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11978076 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature