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Objectives
To test the relationship of predisposing, enabling and need characteristics with dental services utilization and pattern of dental attendance among 12‐year‐old schoolchildren living in a socially deprived urban area.
Methods
A cross‐sectional study was carried out involving 358 children enrolled in public schools located in a deprived area of the city of Manaus, Brazil. Predisposing,...