Factors associated with future dental care utilization among low-income smokers overdue for dental visits.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smokers are at increased risk of oral disease. While routine dental care can help prevent and treat oral health problems, smokers have far lower rates of dental care utilization compared with non-smokers. We sought to better understand which factors may facilitate or hinder dental care utilization among low-income smokers participating in a randomized intervention trial in order to inform future intervention planning.

Methods

This is a secondary analysis of data collected between 2015 and 2017 as part of the OralHealth4Life trial. Participants were eligible callers to the Louisiana, Nebraska, and Oregon state tobacco quitlines who had no dental appointment in the prior or upcoming six months. We examined the association between participants' baseline characteristi

SUBMITTER: Blasi PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6211575 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature