Preventive dental care among Medicaid‐enrolled senior adults

From community to nursing facility residence

Bibliographic Data

ID13583250
AuthorsMary C Kelly (0000-0002-9841-6236, Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry College of Dentistry, University of Iowa Iowa City IA USA), Daniel J Caplan (Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry College of Dentistry, University of Iowa Iowa City IA USA), Mercedes Bern‐klug (0000-0001-6546-6141, School of Social Work University of Iowa Iowa City IA USA), Howard J Cowen (Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry College of Dentistry, University of Iowa Iowa City IA USA), Marsha A Cunningham‐Ford (Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry College of Dentistry, University of Iowa Iowa City IA USA), Leonardo Marchini (0000-0003-1291-6684, Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry College of Dentistry, University of Iowa Iowa City IA USA), Elizabeth T Momany (0000-0002-9265-070X, Public Policy Center University of Iowa Iowa City IA USA)
Year2017
Volume78
Issue1
Pages86-92
Publication date2017-09-08
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Public Health Dentistry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4006 • E-ISSN: 1752-7325
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jphd.12247
PMID28884829
OpenAlexW2751235561
LanguageEN
References cited16

The strongest predictor of receipt of dental procedures in the two years after nursing facility entry was the receipt of dental procedures in the three years before entry while community-dwelling. This underscores the importance of the senior adult establishing a source of dental care while community-dwelling

Family medicine · Health care · Medicaid · Oral hygiene · Receipt · Residence · Demography · Dental Health and Care Utilization · Dental Research and COVID-19 · Dentistry · Medicine · Nursing · Oral microbiology and periodontitis research · Gerontology

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