Does Medicaid Coverage Modify the Relationship between Glycemic Status and Teeth Present in Older Adults?

ABSTRACT: Understanding the relationships among diabetes, teeth present, and dental insurance is essential to improving primary and oral health care. Participants were older adults who attended senior centers in northern Manhattan (New York, N.Y.). Sociodemographic, health, and health care information were obtained via intake interviews, number of teeth present via clinical dental examinations, and glycemic status via measurement of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c). Complete data on dental insurance coverage status for 785 participants were available for analysis (1,015 after multiple imputation). For participants with no dental insurance and any private/other dental insurance, number of teeth present is less for participants with diabetes than for participants without diabetes; however, for particip

SUBMITTER: Northridge ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6289051 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature