Patterns of dental visits and their predictors among male adolescents

Dental and Medical Problems
Muhammad Ashraf Nazir

Abstract

Improved oral health outcomes, including better quality of life, are associated with dental attendance. Visiting a dental office is an important mode of behavior, especially among adolescents; however, the factors that influence the patterns of dental visits are not fully understood. The objective of this study was to investigate the frequency of visiting a dental office and its predictors among male adolescents. This cross-sectional study involved a sample of 376 male adolescents (13-14 years old). Multi-stage random sampling was used to recruit participants from public schools in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. World Health Organization (WHO) oral health questionnaire for children was used for data collection. The χ2 test and multiple logistic regression analyses were performed to investigate the predictors of dental attendance. Fifty-one percent of studied adolescents (n = 192) visited the dentist during the last 12 months. Pain was the most common reason for the dental visit (22.9%), followed by a treatment or a follow-up (16.2%), and a routine dental check-up (9.3%). The participants with pain were 16.29 times more likely to visit a dental office than those without pain. Similarly, adolescents who had routine dental check-ups (odds ...Continue Reading

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May 16, 2020·International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry·Érick Tássio Barbosa NevesAna Flávia Granville-Garcia
Apr 3, 2020·Brazilian Oral Research·Andreza Cristina de Lima Targino MassoniAna Flávia Granville-Garcia
Jul 23, 2020·International Journal of Dentistry·Muhammad NazirJehan Alhumaid
Mar 26, 2021·Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry·Muhanad Alhareky, Muhammad Ashraf Nazir
Apr 16, 2021·Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology·Mirella de Fátima Liberato de MouraAna Flávia Granville-Garcia
May 28, 2021·Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry·Muhanad AlharekyJehan AlHumaid

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