3 Feb
Kids more likely to visit the dentist if their parents do
Whether or not children receive regular dental care is strongly associated with their parents’ history of seeking dental care according to a report in the journal Pediatrics.
“When parents don’t see the dentist, their children are much less likely to see the dentist,” says Inyang Isong, MD, MPH, of the MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy, the study’s lead author. “We also found that the…
