Longitudinal Trajectories of Dental Attendance in Australian Adults.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how dental attendance evolves throughout life can inform targeted preventive health care policies by identifying key moments when people are more or less likely to seek dental care. Trajectory modeling of age and time trajectories takes a life course approach to understanding dental attendance, offering insights into both developmental perspectives (e.g., life stages) and structural perspectives (e.g., social position and health care systems) throughout the life course. This study used group-based trajectory modeling to identify (1) the age trajectories of dental attendance among Australian adults from young adulthood to retirement age and (2) the distinct time trajectories of dental attendance among Australian working-age adults. Data from the Household, Income and Labour Dy

SUBMITTER: Kaur G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12075884 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature