JDR Clinical & Translational Research
Nonlinear Association between Density of Dental Clinics and Dental Visits among Older Japanese
Objectives: Correcting clinic maldistribution is key to universal health care. The imbalance in dental clinic supply, characterized by both oversupply and undersupply, remains underexplored, and few studies link geographic distribution with patient utilization patterns. This study examined the association between the density of dental clinics and dental visits among the older Japanese population. Method: This repeated cross-sectional study used data from 3 waves (2016, 2019, and 2022) of the Japan Gerontological Ev …