Longitudinal pathways between perceived oral health and regular service use of adult Finns.

Eeva Torppa-SaarinenAnna Liisa SuominenSatu M LahtiMimmi M Tolvanen
Published in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology (2019)
Good OHRQoL, indicated by a lack of perceived problems or symptoms, leads to regular service use. Our findings indicate that poor OHRQoL leads to nonregular service use, and nonregular service use leads to poor SOH.