Dental care among young adults with intellectual disability

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• Alternative Title:
  Res Dev Disabil
• Personal Author:
  Kancherla, Vijaya ; Van Naarden Braun, Kim ; Yeargin-Allsopp, Marshalyn
• Description:
  Dental care among young adults with intellectual disability (ID) is poorly documented and largely unmet. By using population-based data from the Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Follow-Up Study, we assessed factors associated with at least one or two dental visits per year among young adults with and without ID. Significantly fewer young adults with ID (45%) visited a dentist at least once per year, compared with those without ID (58%). ID severity and the presence of co-occurring developmental disabilities predicted dental care use. Sociodemographics, daily functioning, societal participation, dental services, and dental health factors were examined as predictors of dental care frequency. Our findings can help focus efforts toward improving the frequency of dental care visits among young adults with ID.
• Subjects:
  Adult Appointments And Schedules Dental Care Dental Health Services Female Follow-Up Studies Georgia Gingival Hemorrhage Humans Intellectual Disability Male Multivariate Analysis Population Surveillance Toothache Urban Population Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  Dental Care Dental Care For Disabled Intellectual Disability Young Adult
• Source:
  Res Dev Disabil. 34(5):1630-1641
• Pubmed ID:
  23501584
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4492120
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6617c8c973d31491711aa566e696e3f5b280ec7049659999d3daf6d0cbd753b4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32022/cdc_32022_DS1.pdf
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