Socio-Economic Factors Predicting Dental-Related Admissions in a Pediatric Population in the United States: Findings From the National Kids' Inpatient Database

CONCLUSION: Pediatric dental-related hospital admissions increased over time, driven by preventable conditions such as periapical abscesses. Differences in hospitalization risk by socio-demographic variables suggest that barriers to access timely preventive and specialty dental care may contribute to avoidable inpatient admissions.