Preventive and curative dental services utilization among children aged 12 years and younger in Tehran, Iran, based on the Andersen behavioral model: A generalized structural equation modeling

Elaheh Amirian, Samaneh Razeghi, Alireza Molaei, Ahmad R Shamshiri and Simin Z Mohebbi

PLOS ONE, 2025, vol. 20, issue 1, 1-19

Abstract: World Health Organization invites the nations to progress towards universal health care coverage. This study evaluated preventive and curative dental services utilization among children aged 12 years and younger in Tehran, Iran, based on the Andersen behavioral model using a generalized structural equation modeling. A phone-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Tehran, Iran, on 886 children in 2023. Information on curative and preventive/consultation dental service utilization and associated factors was collected by a standard questionnaire. We used a generalized structural equation model (GSEM) to build a model based on Andersen’s behavioral model. Of 886 children, 22.1% used curative dental services, and 19.9% used preventive/consultation services in the past year. Among children aged 6 years and younger, age (OR = 1.87, p-value

Date: 2025
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