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A total of 387 adults were recruited through multistage stratified sampling from UTC Selangor (urban) and UTC Keningau (rural). WTP was elicited for five preventive procedures (dental check\u2010up, scaling and polishing, oral hygiene advice, fluoride varnish and fissure sealant) and two curative procedures (dental filling and extraction). Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Mann\u2013Whitney\n                      <jats:italic>U<\/jats:italic>\n                      tests and multiple linear regression.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Median (25th\u201375th percentile) WTP ranged from RM50 (RM20\u2013RM100) for oral hygiene advice to RM130 (RM60\u2013RM240) for dental filling. Median WTP was RM100 for dental check\u2010up (RM35\u2013RM150), scaling and polishing (RM50\u2013RM160), fissure sealant (RM50\u2013RM150) and dental extraction (RM50\u2013RM172.50), and RM80 (RM40\u2013RM130) for fluoride varnish application. Because the payment\u2010card upper bounds differed across procedures, these between\u2010procedure estimates should be interpreted as conditional on the ranges presented. Higher household income, medical and dental insurance coverage and regular dental attendance were positively associated with WTP across several procedures. In unadjusted analyses, urban participants reported significantly higher WTP for all seven procedures (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05); however, study location was not independently associated with WTP after adjustment.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Stated WTP varied across the selected dental procedures and was associated mainly with socioeconomic and behavioural factors. The higher observed median WTP for dental filling cannot establish that curative care is inherently valued more highly than preventive care because the procedure\u2010specific payment\u2010card ranges differed. The estimates should therefore be interpreted within the ranges presented.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/cdoe.70124","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,22]],"date-time":"2026-10-22T06:20:52Z","timestamp":1792650052000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Willingness to Pay for Preventive and Curative Dental Procedures in Malaysia: An Urban\u2013Rural Analysis"],"prefix":"10.1111","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-7741-9562","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammad Huzaifah","family":"Jusoh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Dentistry, Centre of Population Oral Health and Clinical Prevention Studies Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)  Sungai Buloh Malaysia"},{"name":"Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia  Putrajaya Malaysia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1565-1730","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Annapurny","family":"Venkiteswaran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Dentistry, Centre of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics Studies Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)  Sungai Buloh Malaysia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9608-0655","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nor Faezah","family":"Md Bohari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Dentistry, Centre of Population Oral Health and Clinical Prevention Studies Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)  Sungai Buloh Malaysia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9386-4761","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Budi Aslinie","family":"Md Sabri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Dentistry, Centre of Population Oral Health and Clinical Prevention Studies Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)  Sungai Buloh Malaysia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,21]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"e_1_2_13_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"362","DOI":"10.1177\/0022034520908533","article-title":"Global, Regional, and National Levels and Trends in Burden of Oral Conditions From 1990 to 2017: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study","volume":"99","author":"Bernabe E.","year":"2020","journal-title":"Journal of Dental Research"},{"issue":"10194","key":"e_1_2_13_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"249","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(19)31146-8","article-title":"Oral Diseases: A Global Public Health Challenge","volume":"394","author":"Peres M. 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