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Role of regular preventive dental visits in moderating lifestyle-related disease medical expenditures among employed adults

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  • Wakana Oyoshi
  • Terumitsu Murakami
  • Hiraki Tsushima
  • Kazue Kawamoto
  • Akinori Igarashi
  • Shintaro Yamaoka
  • Hiroshi Fukuda

Abstract

This study aimed to elucidate the impact of preventive dental visits (PDVs) over a 9-year follow-up period on cumulative medical expenditures (MEs) related to lifestyle-related diseases. To this end, the study included 1,891 full-time employees (1,478 males and 413 females), aged 19–57 years, of a manufacturing company in Japan over a 9-year period. This historical cohort study was conducted from 2015 to 2023. The year 2015 served as the baseline, with the subsequent 8 years (2016–2023) used for follow-up. Based on an 8-year dental check-up follow-up survey from 2016 to 2023, participants were classified into two groups, those who reported PDVs in ≥87.5% of the years they answered the survey (regular PDVs) and those who reported PDVs in

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  • Wakana Oyoshi & Terumitsu Murakami & Hiraki Tsushima & Kazue Kawamoto & Akinori Igarashi & Shintaro Yamaoka & Hiroshi Fukuda, 2026. "Role of regular preventive dental visits in moderating lifestyle-related disease medical expenditures among employed adults," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 21(10), pages 1-14, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0358693
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0358693
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