PMID: 9007353Dec 1, 1996Paper

Dental knowledge, attitudes towards oral health care and utilization of dental services among male industrial workers with or without an employer-provided dental benefit scheme

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
J AhlbergH Murtomaa

Abstract

In industrialized countries various dental benefit schemes have been implemented to improve the utilization of dental services, though few studies have demonstrated that effect. Prior to a comprehensive clinical study in southern Finland, a postal questionnaire survey of male industrial workers (age 38-65 yrs) was conducted to investigate knowledge and attitudes concerning oral health care and whether access to an employer-provided dental benefit scheme was associated with the utilization of dental services. The response rate was 81% (n = 325) in the subsidized group and 69% (n = 174) in the control group. In both groups, 60% of the subjects had had their last dental visit within a year but 91% of the subsidized workers compared to 79% of the controls had visited a dentist in the past two years (P < 0.001). The subjects had similar attitudes towards the importance of regular dental care and its implications for dental and general health. Subsidization explained the disparity in the current dental visiting pattern between the groups better than the possibility of using working hours for dental visits. Backward stepwise logistic regression revealed that the probability of a dental visit within the past two years was positively as...Continue Reading

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May 10, 2002·Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology·Aija KarikoskiHeikki Murtomaa
Jan 16, 1998·Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology·J AhlbergH Murtomaa
Feb 24, 2001·International Dental Journal·L Schou
Feb 8, 2007·Industrial Health·Toru IchihashiKoji Shibuya
Jul 7, 2005·International Dental Journal·Joseph L Riley, Gregg H Gilbert
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