National Trends in Dentalcare Utilization, 2018-2021: Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Factors Associated with Care
Increasing dentalcare visits across ages remains a key policy priority. Continued monitoring of dentalcare use trends beyond COVID-19 among older adults is critical to improve their oral health.
Authors
- Lyubov Slashcheva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7392-8569)
- Preeti Zanwar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1521-9809)
- Kopal Mathur
- Bei Wu
- Hossein Zare
Institutions
- Apple (Israel) (IL)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Chicago Department of Public Health (US)
- New York University Shanghai (CN)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Texas A&M Health Science Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- medRxiv
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.07.26345812
- Primary Topic
- Dental Research and COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- AcademyHealth
- Center for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications
- National Institutes of Health
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality