背景：老年人定期使用口腔和牙科服务是减少口腔和牙科疾病的重要因素之一。本研究旨在确定影响老年人口腔和牙科服务利用的因素。
方法：通过范围搜索并使用PubMed中的相关关键字，找到了有关影响老年人口腔和牙科服务利用率的因素的已发表文章，Scopus,Embase,和WebofScience数据库在2000年1月至2022年12月根据PRISMA指南。采用专题分析法对数据进行分析。
结果：在从数据库中检索到的2381篇文章中，42被提取。影响老年人口腔和牙科服务利用的因素分为以下五个主要组成部分：人口因素，社会因素,健康水平,和心理因素。结果显示,收入,教育水平,居住面积,齿数,护理的重要性在获取的主要组成部分中最为常见，人口因素，社会因素,健康水平,和心理因素，分别。
结论：公平利用口腔和牙科服务是社会所有成员的权利，尤其是老年人。因此,有必要为老年人提供适当的条件来利用这种服务，主要是奢侈品。此外，提高老年人的意识，鼓励他们定期使用口腔和牙科服务，有助于减轻口腔和牙科疾病的负担。
Regular use of oral and dental services by the elderly is one of the important factors in reducing oral and dental diseases. This study aimed to identify the factors affecting oral and dental services` utilization among elderly.
The published articles on the factors affecting oral and dental services` utilization among elderly were found through a scoping search and using related keywords in PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and Web of Science databases within January 2000 - December 2022 according to the PRISMA guidelines. The data were analyzed using the thematic analysis method.
Among the 2381 articles retrieved from the databases, forty-two were extracted. The factors affecting oral and dental services` utilization among elderly were classified into five main components as follows: access, demographic factors, social factors, health level, and mental factors. The results showed that income, education level, living area, number of teeth, and importance of care were the most frequent in the main components of access, demographic factors, social factors, health level, and mental factors, respectively.
Equitable utilization of oral and dental services is the right of all members of the society, especially the elderly. Therefore, it is necessary to provide the elderly with suitable conditions to utilize such services, which are mostly luxury items. Furthermore, increasing the elderly\'s awareness and encouraging them to use oral and dental services regularly can help reduce the burden of oral and dental diseases.
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