Oral health is a major health concern in the US and globally, particularly among communities of color and low-income/low-education groups. General health disparities have been reported among Native Hawaiians (NHs) and Other Pacific Islanders (OPIs), although less is known about the specific racial/ethnic and socioeconomic trends that are relevant to oral health disparities for NHOPIs. We examined delayed dental visits and severe tooth loss among older NHOPI adults in relation to sociodemographic factors and community level disparities using five waves of data from the Hawai'i Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System collected between 2012 and 2020. Weighted Poisson regression was used to estimate the unadjusted and adjusted prevalence ratio of delayed dental service utilization and severe tooth loss. Relative to other racial/ethnic groups, older NHs had higher rates of delayed dental service utilization and severe tooth loss after adjusting for sociodemographic factors, and disparities were also found in rural communities.Awareness of the unique challenges and inequities faced by older Indigenous and racially/ethnically marginalized populations is critical for policymakers to develop strategies to achieve health equity.
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