Predictors of dental care utilization in north-central Appalachia in the USA.
Mengxia ChenCasey D WrightOluwabunmi TokedeAlfa YansaneAlexander MontasemElsbeth KalenderianTerri H BeatyEleanor FeingoldJohn R ShafferRichard J CroutKatherine NeiswangerRobert J WeyantMary L MarazitaDaniel W McNeilPublished in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology (2019)
Overall, the findings of this study suggest state residency, sex, insurance, income, fatalistic beliefs, health values, and aspects of dental care-related anxiety and fear predicted dental care utilization in north-central Appalachia. These findings reinforce the need to address insurance and other economic factors affecting utilization and to consider how individual-level fatalistic beliefs and oral health values may affect utilization of routine oral health care.