%0 Journal Article %T The association between dental insurance coverage, socio-economic status and use of dental care in adolescents %J Journal of Health Sciences & Surveillance System %I Shiraz University Of Medical Sciences %Z 2345-2218 %A Golkari, Ali %A Vossoughi, Mehrdad %A Mohammadi, Mahsa %A Behbahanirad, Arghavan %A Bakhtiar, Maryam %D 2018 %\ 07/01/2018 %V 6 %N 3 %P 149-154 %! The association between dental insurance coverage, socio-economic status and use of dental care in adolescents %K Socio-economic status %K insurance %K dental care %K Adolescent %R 10.30476/jhsss.2019.81462.1001 %X Background: Several items affect the use of dental services. The objective of this study was to assess the association between socio-economic status (SES) and dental insurance coverage with the use of dental services amongst Iranian adolescents aged 13-15 years old. Methods: In this cross sectional study, we used a researcher-made questionnaire to assess the association between socio-economic status (SES) and dental insurance coverage with the use of dental services in 423 Iranian adolescents aged 13-15 years old. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the data, generate descriptive statistics, and perform multiple logistic regressions. Results: Use of dental services was statistically significant amongst the students with dental insurance and parents with higher income (P<0.001), which was independent of the other socio-economic factors (parent’s age, education and marital status). Conclusion: The results showed that one of the important policies to reduce inequality in dental care is to improve dental insurance coverage. %U https://jhsss.sums.ac.ir/article_45927_33d5416df812394897de2a60c99f8433.pdf