Access to routine primary healthcare and past-year dental visits: results from the 2017–2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Seana Camp, McKing Izeiza Amedari, Adejare (Jay) Atanda · 2026
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Seana Camp, McKing Izeiza Amedari, and Adejare Atanda test whether having a usual care home predicts dental visits in a 2026 survey study. Primary care links patients to preventive services of many kinds. Whether that link extends to the dentist had not been checked in national data.
The team used survey records from 8,727 adults gathered between 2017 and 2020. Most adults had a routine care source, and about six in ten had seen a dentist in the past year. Adults with a care home were more than twice as likely to have had that visit. Black adults still lagged on dental visits even with care access and insurance. Joined medical-dental models may close the gap.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Seana Camp, McKing Izeiza Amedari, Adejare (Jay) Atanda |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |