{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9(9)"],"submitter":["Medina-Solis CE"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>The present study aimed to identify preventive and curative dental health service utilisation (DHSU) in the context of associated clinical and non-clinical factors among adolescents and young adults in Mexico.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional study.<h4>Setting</h4>Applicants to a public university in Mexico.<h4>Participants</h4>Participants were 638 adolescents and young adults aged 16-25 randomly selected from university applicants.<h4>Interventions</h4>Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire filled out by the students. For assessment of dental caries experience, we used the index of decayed, missing and filled teeth.<h4>Primary outcome</h4>The dependent variable was DHSU in the previous 12 months, coded as 0=non-use, 1=use of curative services and 2=use"],"journal":["BMJ open"],"pagination":["e027101"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6756346"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Clinical and non-clinical variables associated with preventive and curative dental service utilisation: a cross-sectional study among adolescents and young adults in Central Mexico."],"pmcid":["PMC6756346"],"pubmed_authors":["Mariel-Cardenas J","Maupome G","Garcia-Cortes JO","Navarrete-Hernandez JJ","Casanova-Rosado JF","Avila-Burgos L","Robles-Minaya JL","Medina-Solis CE","Ruiz-Rodriguez MDS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Clinical and non-clinical variables associated with preventive and curative dental service utilisation: a cross-sectional study among adolescents and young adults in Central Mexico.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>The present study aimed to identify preventive and curative dental health service utilisation (DHSU) in the context of associated clinical and non-clinical factors among adolescents and young adults in Mexico.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional study.<h4>Setting</h4>Applicants to a public university in Mexico.<h4>Participants</h4>Participants were 638 adolescents and young adults aged 16-25 randomly selected from university applicants.<h4>Interventions</h4>Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire filled out by the students. For assessment of dental caries experience, we used the index of decayed, missing and filled teeth.<h4>Primary outcome</h4>The dependent variable was DHSU in the previous 12 months, coded as 0=non-use, 1=use of curative services and 2=use","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Sep","modification":"2025-04-18T20:35:07.381Z","creation":"2019-10-16T07:03:33Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6756346","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31537556"],"doi":["10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027101"]}}